Senior Data Engineer (Airbyte - BigQuery - dbt - python - Looker)

Who we are:

We’re Qover, a leading insurtech scale-up that has raised $70 million.
With an international team of 140+ colleagues based in Brussels, we help companies orchestrate digital embedded insurance experiences.

Since Qover was founded in 2016, our co-founders had a clear vision of the future of insurance: it must be simple, transparent and accessible across borders – a global safety net 🌍

We’re well on our way to building that safety net, with a platform that protects millions of users across 32 European countries. We work with top brands like Revolut, Mastercard, BMW, Canyon, Monzo and many others.

Visit our website for more about what we do!

About the Role

At Qover, our data team is made up of engineers at heart, with a strong operational mindset. We support the daily execution of our insurance programs by ensuring our partners have access to accurate, up-to-date, and reliable data.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to elevate our data capabilities. In this role, you’ll take the lead in designing, building, and scaling data products—from prototype to production—while applying best-in-class engineering standards.

Our data stack: Airbyte • BigQuery • dbt • Python • Looker

What You’ll Do :

Your core mission is to build and maintain clean, scalable data solutions that power the launch and smooth operation of our embedded insurance programs.

Concretely, you will:

● Develop, maintain, and enhance our dbt pipelines supporting daily program operations
● Design a robust data model tailored to the complexities of insurance data, requiring minimal changes when deploying new products
● Implement a multi-tenant data architecture to ensure customer data remains segregated while maintaining a unified code base
● Automate operational reporting to drastically reduce manual workload
● Optimize BigQuery by leveraging synergies across data sources—keeping our warehouse lean and preventing it from becoming a data maze
● Strengthen our data governance, through: comprehensive testing (data tests, unit tests, anomaly detection), clear and complete documentation, controlled access management, transparent data lineage
Ensure the security and privacy of our partners’ data—one of our highest priorities.

Beyond delivery, you’ll play a key technical role across the data domain at Qover by:

● Continuously challenging and improving our data architecture
● Uplifting the team through best-practice evangelization, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
● Supporting business users in becoming more data-driven

What You Bring:

● At least 5 years of experience in SQL and data modelling
● Master degree in STEM is preferred but not a hard requirement
● Experience in dbt and Looker is highly desirable
● Fluent in python
● You are familiar with modern data stacks
● Experience with git, bash, CI/CD and docker
● You have already delivered software products with units and integration tests
● You have experience working with cloud services, and more specifically with serverless data warehouses.
● Excellent communication and presentation skills and fluent in English.
● While you always want to keep up with market trends and best practices, you are also pragmatic. You feel comfortable trading technical elegance to be able to speed up the pace of delivery
● Willing to work in fast-paced environment and able to cope with time pressure
● Autonomous, you are also hands-on with a strong team spirit
● You are proactive and self-driven. You need minimal supervision and welcome changes.
● You are comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
● You have a true “can-do” mindset

What’s in it for you:

● A flexible work environment: up to three days remote per week and the ability to work from anywhere one month per year
● 28 days off (8 extra days on top of the 20 legal days)
● A nice working space in a great location in Brussels: Qover-dedicated space at WeWork (Rue du Commerce 31) with a large terrace to enjoy team events
● A positive company culture that values teamwork and taking initiative but also having fun, with regular social events
● A collaborative and communal environment where everyone is welcomed, valued and accepted regardless of their nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, philosophical or political views, etc.
● The chance to work among entrepreneurial people, giving you the opportunity to learn and have a real impact at one of Europe’s fastest-growing insurtechs