Pricing Automation Engineer — Scale Pricing & Analytics

Hastings Insurance Services Limited; City of London, Leicester, Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital insurance provider seeks a Pricing Automation Engineer to enhance their automated trading platform, Skywalker. The role requires technical skills in Python and SQL, along with commercial awareness in pricing dynamics. You will work closely with teams to streamline pricing processes and contribute to the development of innovative data products. Competitive benefits and a flexible hybrid working approach are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working

Competitive bonus scheme

Financial wellbeing support

Mental wellbeing programme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience with Python for automation and data wrangling.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and ability to write complex queries.
• Familiarity with Git for version control.

Responsibilities

• Support the PDA community in utilizing the Skywalker platform.
• Develop and prototype new enhancements to the pricing toolkit.
• Collaborate across teams to improve pricing and underwriting processes.

Skills

Python (scripting, automation, or light data wrangling)

SQL (confident with queries and joins)

Git & GitHub (branching, pull requests, code reviews)

Commercial awareness (experience with pricing, market dynamics, underwriting)

Tools

ML-specific Python libraries (pandas, scikit-learn, xgboost)

Cloud computing (especially Azure)

Job description

A digital insurance provider seeks a Pricing Automation Engineer to enhance their automated trading platform, Skywalker. The role requires technical skills in Python and SQL, along with commercial awareness in pricing dynamics. You will work closely with teams to streamline pricing processes and contribute to the development of innovative data products. Competitive benefits and a flexible hybrid working approach are offered.