Kin Insurance · 3 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
Kin Insurance is a digital insurer focused on the home insurance market, aiming to provide smarter and faster insurance solutions. The Senior Data Engineer will ensure the quality and security of data assets by building data pipelines, modeling data for reporting, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Financial ServicesInsuranceInsurTechProperty Insurance
Responsibilities
Designing and developing scalable data pipelines and models for downstream 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, Databricks, Unity catalog) architecture
Mentoring data engineers and promoting best practices in software engineering, documentation, and metadata management
Ensuring data security 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
Qualification
Required
4+ years of hands-on data engineering experience related to data structures and cloud 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, Delta)
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 complex concepts clearly and concisely
Detail-oriented with strong data intuition and a passion for data quality
Proven ability to model data and build production-ready ETL pipelines handling TBs of data
Great time management and prioritization skills
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance options
Employee Assistance Program
Accident insurance
Hospital indemnity
Critical illness
Legal assistance
Pet insurance
401K with company match of up to 4% of eligible earnings
Flexible PTO for exempt employees
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
Company
Kin Insurance
Kin Insurance is a direct-to-consumer digital insurance provider that enhances convenience and customization in coverage options.
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$753.16MKey Investors
Runway Growth CapitalWellington ManagementActivate Capital Partners
2025-10-09Debt Financing· $45M
2025-09-09Series E· $50M
2025-03-25Debt Financing· $200M
Recent News
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