
Senior Data Engineer
Kin
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $153,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design and build scalable, production-grade data pipelines and data models to power downstream analytics and enterprise reporting
- Lead the migration from a Redshift/DBT warehouse architecture to a modern lakehouse architecture (e.g., S3, Glue, Databricks, Unity Catalog)
- Implement and enforce data validation standards, QA standards, and effective data lifecycle management
- Optimize pipeline performance, cost, and data quality in a large-scale cloud data environment
- Ensure compliance with data security and privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, GLBA) through robust pipeline design, access controls, and monitoring
- Collaborate cross-functionally with App Engineering, BI, and business teams to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable, well-modeled datasets
- Mentor data engineers and promote best practices in software engineering, documentation, and distributed data processing
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools where appropriate to improve engineering efficiency, code quality, and observability
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands-on data engineering experience building and maintaining production ETL/ELT pipelines
- Experience designing data architectures in cloud environments (AWS strongly preferred; Azure or GCP acceptable)
- Expertise in distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, or similar)
- Proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, etc.) and advanced SQL for large-scale data transformation and querying
- Experience with lake and lakehouse patterns, including open table formats (e.g., Iceberg, Hudi, Delta)
- Experience tuning ETL performance and optimizing infrastructure costs in large-scale environments handling terabytes of data
- Proven ability to model raw data into well-structured, analytics-ready datasets
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
- Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), granted as part of our standard compensation package and based on role and level
- 401(k) with company match up to 4% of eligible earnings
- Multiple medical plan options, plus dental and vision coverage
- Company-funded HSA contributions (based on medical plan selection)
- Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability
- A variety of supplemental benefit options, including long-term disability, critical illness, accident, legal, and pet insurance
- Access to mental health support and confidential counseling resources
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees (most employees take 15–20 days per year), plus 8 company-observed holidays
- Paid parental leave, including up to 14 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 8 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents
- Career mobility and internal growth opportunities across the organization
- Professional development budgets for certifications, conferences, and learning available, subject to management approval
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringETLELTdata architecturedistributed data processingPythonSQLdata modelinglakehouse architecturedata validation
Soft Skills
communicationmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingdocumentation