Technology is disrupting the insurance industry and agencies need to take the initiative if they want to remain competitive in the upcoming disruption. COVU takes a holistic approach to ensure that…
Technology is disrupting the insurance industry and agencies need to take the initiative if they want to remain competitive in the upcoming disruption. COVU takes a holistic approach to ensure that…
Core product: AI-native operating system (COVU OS) plus staffed agency services
Founders / leadership: Ali Safavi (CEO, co‑founder) and Tasos Chatzimichailidis (co‑founder)
Employees: 74 (reported)
Reported funding to date: Approximately $50M (through multiple rounds)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Operational inefficiency and growth constraints in independent P&C insurance agencies.
Industry
Insurance
Funding Track Record
Series A- October 2024
$12.5M
Reported Series A announced Oct 10, 2024.
Series A (expanded)
$22M (expanded Series A)
Company announcement reported Series A increased to $22M and total funding reached $32M at that time.
Growth / additional raise- August 2025
$16M
Reported additional $16M raise bringing total funding to around $50M.
Investor Signal
“Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) led the Series A expansion with participation from True Global Ventures (TGV)”
Founders
What we do
Join the Team
Senior Data Engineer - Nepal
On-SiteKathmandu, Bāgmatī
On-Site • Kathmandu, Bāgmatī
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Position: Sr. Data Engineer
Location: Kathmandu
Reports to: LA based Core Team
Department: Product / Tech
Compensation: $30,000 - $40,000 Annual
Timings: Night Shift
About COVU
COVU is a venture-backed technology startup transforming the insurance industry. We empower independent agencies with AI-driven insights and digitized operations, enabling them to manage risk more effectively. Our team is building an AI-first company set to redefine the future of insurance distribution.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced and product-focused
Senior Data Engineer
to be a core member of our Platform product team. This is a high-impact role where you will play a pivotal part in evolving our core data infrastructure.
Your primary mission will be to develop key components of our "Policy Journal" - the foundational data asset that will serve as the single source of truth for all policy, commission, and client accounting information. You will work closely with the Lead Data Engineer and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data models and scalable pipelines that drive analytics and operational efficiency for our agents, managers, and leadership.
This role requires a blend of greenfield development, strategic refactoring of existing systems, and a deep understanding of how to create trusted, high-quality data products.
What You’ll Do:
What We're Looking For:
Bonus Points For:
Direct experience working with data from Agency Management Systems like Applied EPIC, Nowcerts, EZlynx, etc…
Direct experience working with Carrier data (Accord XML, IVANS AL3)
Experience with business intelligence tools like Tableau, Looker, or Power BI.
Prior experience in a startup or fast-paced agile environment.
Application Process:
Intro call with People team
Technical interviews
Final interview with leaders
*
Please be strictly advised that the use of any real-time AI assistance, screen-reading software, or external aids during the application process is strictly prohibited. We employ active detection methods to ensure the integrity of our hiring process. Any violation of this policy will result in the immediate termination of the interview and permanent disqualification of your candidacy.*
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Develop the Policy Journal:
Be a primary builder of our master data solution that unifies policy, commission, and accounting data from sources like IVANS and Applied EPIC. You will implement the data models and pipelines that create the "gold record" powering our platform.
Ensure Data Quality and Reliability:
Implement robust data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all data pipelines. You will champion and contribute to best practices in data governance and engineering.
Build the Foundational Analytics Platform:
Implement and enhance our new analytics framework using modern tooling (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Airflow). You will build and optimize critical data pipelines, transforming raw data into clean, reliable, and performant dimensional models for business intelligence.
Modernize Core ETL Processes:
Systematically refactor our existing Java & SQL (PostgreSQL) based ETL system. You will identify and resolve core issues (e.g., data duplication, performance bottlenecks), strategically rewriting critical components in
Python
and migrating orchestration to
Airflow
.
Implement Data Quality Frameworks:
Working within our company's QA strategy, you will build and execute automated data validation frameworks. You will be responsible for writing tests that ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of our data pipelines and the Policy Journal.
Collaborate and Contribute to Design:
Partner with product managers, the Lead Data Engineer, and business stakeholders to understand complex business requirements. You will be a key technical contributor, translating business needs into well-designed and maintainable solutions.
5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a proven track record of building and maintaining scalable data pipelines in production.
Expert-level proficiency in
Python
and
SQL
.
Deep Airflow & DAG Expertise: Proven hands-on experience designing, creating, and independently managing multiple complex DAGs (Directed Acyclic Graphs) within Airflow to robustly orchestrate interdependent enterprise-scale data pipelines.
Strong experience with modern data stack technologies, including a cloud data warehouse (
Snowflake
or Redshift), a workflow orchestrator (
Airflow
is highly preferred), and data transformation tools.
Hands-on experience with
AWS
data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, RDS).
Experience in the insurance technology (insurtech) industry and familiarity with insurance data concepts (e.g., policies, commissions, claims).
Demonstrated ability to contribute to the design and implementation of robust data models (e.g., dimensional modeling) for analytics and reporting.
A pragmatic problem-solver who can analyze and refactor complex legacy systems. While you won't be writing new Java code, the ability to read and understand existing Java/Hibernate logic is a strong plus.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
