Job Description

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $153K - $200K

Kin is redesigning insurance to be smarter, faster, and centered on the customer. We use intelligent pricing, offer seamless bundling, and make every step (from purchasing, servicing to claims) simple and friction-free, especially in the places traditional insurers often ignore. We empower people to protect what matters most, starting with their homes and expanding to all they value, in a world where climate risks, rising costs, and outdated systems leave too many behind.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)
• Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers (2021- 2024, Ranked #37 in 2024)
• Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• Forbes’ Fintech 50

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

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
• Strong understanding of data structures and cloud platform environments (AWS strongly preferred, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with ETL processes
• Familiarity with data warehousing technologies (e.g., DBT, Redshift)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for a data engineering team.
• Design and develop scalable data pipelines and models for downstream analytics and reporting.
• Implement data validation and QA best practices.
• Optimize pipeline performance, cost, and data quality.
• Migrate data warehouse architecture to a Lakehouse architecture (e.g., S3, Glue, Databricks, Unity catalog).
• Mentor data engineers and promote best practices in software engineering, documentation, and metadata management.
• Ensure data security and compliance with regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, GLBA).
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into technical solutions using marketing domain knowledge.
• Collaborate with cross-functional project teams (AppEng, DataEng, BI, Kin’s business).
• Help teammates overcome technical challenges and offer guidance.

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Company Information

Kin is a company focused on reimagining insurance. They have been recognized for their growth and employee satisfaction.