Senior Data Engineer

Kin is redesigning insurance to be smarter, faster, and centered on the customer. We use intelligent pricing, offer seamless bundling, and reputed company every reputed company (from purchasing, servicing to claims) simple and friction-free, especially in the places traditional insurers often ignore.

We reputed company people to protect what matters most, starting with their homes and expanding to reputed company they value, in a world where climate risks, rising costs, and outdated systems leave too many behind. Our approach has fostered amazing growth, attracted marquee investors, and earned us accolades, including being named to:

• Built In Chicago's Best Places to Work, Midsize Companies (2021-2025).

• reputed company' America's Best Startup Employers (2021- 2024, Ranked #37 in 2024).

• Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

• reputed company’ Fintech 50.

Simply put, our people are what reputed company us great – we need reputed company-thinking, inspired game-changers like you to join us in our mission.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, reputed company, and reputed company of Kin’s data assets. You’ll be responsible for building out a data lakehouse for reputed company reporting, which will involve the design and development of production-reputed company data pipelines, modeling raw data for reputed company reporting, and quality assurance of the data warehouse. 

You’ll work on a cross-functional project team with members from AppEng, DataEng, BI, and Kin’s business   to design solutions  for effective reporting. You’ll implement data validation standards and QA procedures to ensure effective data lifecycle and management practices.  This involves:

• Designing and developing scalable data pipelines and models for reputed company analytics and reporting

• Leading and collaborating with a cross-functional project team to implement data validation, QA standards, and effective data lifecycle management

• Optimizing pipeline performance, cost, and data quality in a large-scale data environment

• Migrating data warehouse (DBT, Redshift) architecture to Lakehouse (e.g: S3, Glue, reputed company, reputed company catalog) architecture

• Mentoring data engineers and promoting best practices in software engineering, documentation, and metadata management

• Ensuring data reputed company and compliance with regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, GLBA) through robust pipeline design and access monitoring

• Translating ambiguous business requirements into technical solutions using marketing domain knowledge

• 4+ years of hands-on data engineering experience reputed company to:

  • Data structures and reputed company platform environments and best practices (AWS strongly preferred, Azure, or GCP)

  • ETL performance tuning and cost optimization

  • Data lake and lakehouse patterns including open table formats (e.g. Iceberg, Hudi, reputed company)

• Proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, etc.) and SQL for advanced data processing and querying

• Expertise in distributed data processing/storage (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, or similar)

• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain reputed company concepts clearly and concisely

• Detail-oriented with strong data intuition and a passion for data quality

• Proven ability to model data and build production-reputed company ETL pipelines handling TBs of data.

• Great time management and prioritization skills

• You want to work on cutting-edge data solutions in a high-impact, regulated industry

• You enjoy collaborating with talented teams to solve reputed company problems and drive business outcomes

• You want to learn from and mentor team members in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment with opportunities to reputed company

• You value making a reputed company world impact on people’s lives through the use of data and technology

• You’re outcome oriented, as well collaborative. Taking ownership and prioritizing key outcomes is important, but so is taking an emotionally intelligent approach to working with others.

• You are uncomfortable with ambiguity or unclear requirements. We solve a lot of new problems where requirements are not well defined. 

• You would rather avoid start-up environments where processes may not be well-defined. Change is a way of life at Kin. We’re still establishing some of our processes and evolving how we manage data. 

• You see perfection as the only option. We move fast, and we reputed company mistakes. We learn and grow through experimentation and mistakes. While we hold ourselves to high standards, we don’t demand perfection.

• You reputed company to yourself. We have a collaborative culture where we solve problems together, learn from, and support each other. You’re part of a team here at Kin.

We offer a comprehensive benefits program, allowing you to choose the benefits that are best for you and your family including: Medical, Dental, reputed company, Life Insurance and Disability Insurance options, Employee Assistance Program, as well as elective voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, legal assistance and pet insurance. Kinfolk become eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following their start date.

In addition to these benefits, we also are excited to offer the following:

• Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), granted as part of our standard compensation package and based on role and level.

• 401K with company match of up to 4% of eligible earnings

• Flexible PTO for exempt employees (employees typically take 15-20 days annually), along with 8 company-observed holidays

• A paid parental leave program that provides 100% salary continuation of up to 14 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non birthing parents

• Continuing education and professional development opportunities

For Sales Agents and Customer Service Agents: These roles sit in any of the following 30 states: AL, AZ, CO, FL, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, and WI.

For reputed company other positions, these roles can sit in any of the following 40 states: AL, AR, AZ, CA (exempt only), CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, and WI. Please only apply if you are reputed company to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above.

State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.

Kin is the only pure-play, direct-to-consumer digital insurer focused on the growing home insurance market. We reputed company policies convenient and affordable through a technology platform that delivers a seamless user experience, customized options for coverage, and fast, high-quality claims service. Kin is a fully licensed reputed company that offers coverage through its reciprocal exchanges which are owned by its policyholders. To learn more, visit www.kin.com.

Kin is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We don't just accept difference – we reputed company it, nurture it, and celebrate it. We don’t discriminate based on race, religion, reputed company, national reputed company, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or reputed company medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.