Financial Data Platform Engineer

Allianz SE

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In this role, you develop data-intensive solutions for GRIPS, modernize the data architecture, operate ETL pipelines, and optimize database schemas in Oracle, ensuring timely access to critical financial information.

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Your role in the team

  • Join the team behind GRIPS - Group Risk Parameters - one of the key analytics platforms within Allianz Group for yield curves and related financial risk parameters.
  • As a Financial Data Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in developing, modernizing, and operating GRIPS end to end, covering data pipelines, data marts, APIs, core data assets, and application services.
  • Your work will help ensure that time-critical financial information remains accurate, traceable, performant, and available for downstream systems and business-critical decisions.
  • Beyond implementation, you will have the opportunity to act as a solution-oriented owner, actively shaping the platform architecture, strengthening engineering quality, and evolving a data-intensive environment together with business analysts, developers, and quantitative experts.
  • You will translate financial, analytical, and regulatory requirements into scalable data solutions and contribute to a modern platform that combines operational robustness with innovation, automation, and long-term maintainability.
  • This role also offers the opportunity to shape the future of GRIPS by exploring and implementing AI-driven solutions, automation approaches, and advanced analytics capabilities in a highly data-intensive environment.
  • Develop, maintain, and optimize GRIPS database schemas in Oracle Database and PL/SQL, including bitemporal historization, market data interfaces, and interfaces to downstream consumer applications.
  • Develop and maintain the internal GRIPS Python application, including the user interface, orchestration framework, and related backend services.
  • Design, build, and operate reliable ETL pipelines, data marts, and API-based data interfaces for complex financial and market data.
  • Übernehmen Sie die End-to-End-Verantwortung für Lösungsdesign, Implementierung, Betrieb und kontinuierliche Verbesserung im gesamten GRIPS-Plattform-Umfeld.
  • Evolve and modernize existing components into efficient, maintainable, and future-ready Python and PL/SQL-based solutions with a strong focus on performance, stability, and long-term platform quality.
  • Collaborate closely with clients, business analysts, developers, and quantitative experts to translate financial and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Define and apply software development best practices across the full delivery lifecycle, including clean code, testing, documentation, CI/CD, and operational readiness.
  • Support operational and analytical initiatives such as historical time-series recalculations, data quality improvements, and platform performance optimization.
  • Identify and implement AI-driven solutions, automation opportunities, and advanced analytics capabilities that create measurable value for GRIPS and its users.

Our expectations of you

Education

  • University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, Engineering, or a comparable field.

Qualifications

  • Solid understanding of data modelling, data transformation, and reliable data pipelines or analytical data platforms.
  • Ability to design maintainable solutions and contribute to architecture decisions in a complex, business-critical platform environment.
  • Structured, solution-oriented working style with strong ownership, communication skills, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Interest in financial markets, risk parameters, and investment data; extensive quantitative finance knowledge is not required.
  • Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus.
  • Knowledge of C++, QuantLib, Python/C++ integration patterns, or similar quantitative and analytical technology stacks.
  • Interest in applying machine learning, AI, and advanced analytics to real business and data platform challenges.

Experience

  • Several years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or the development of data-intensive applications.
  • Strong hands-on experience with relational databases, SQL, and database concepts; experience with Oracle and PL/SQL is highly relevant.
  • Experience with financial market data, pricing data, valuation concepts, or regulatory reporting.
  • Practical experience with Python or comparable programming languages, REST APIs, Apache Airflow, Docker, Linux, cloud platforms, or container-based environments; Python is ideal.

What we offer

  • Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world.
  • Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams, and challenges is what makes us a unique employer.
  • Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
  • We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
  • We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

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  • Location Munich
    Bayern, Germany

About your employer

Allianz is a great place to work for people who want to take initiative and grow within the company. With a strong global presence, Allianz is always looking for ways to improve and stay ahead of the competition. The company truly cares about its 85 million customers and 142,000 employees. Allianz fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation, where employees are encouraged to perform to the best of their abilities and challenge the status quo. If you're looking for an exciting and supportive work environment, Allianz is the place for you.

Company size
250+ Employees
Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid, Full Remote
Industry
Banking, Finance, Insurance

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Financial Data Platform Engineer

Allianz SE