Senior Data Engineer

At Kin + Carta, we’ve got opportunities to offer you — for growth, for leadership, for big, world-changing impact and for, dare we say it, fun. We are a global workforce that is committed to building a world that works better for everyone. And that starts with our Kin. That’s why we’re proud of: 

• The life we create within our virtual walls, every day
• Being B Corp certified
• Our honor as a “Best Company to Work For” by Women's Choice Award

The role

The ideal Senior Data Engineer for Kin + Carta is passionate about data and building innovative products to help businesses make and execute data driven decisions. They have a growth mindset and enjoy sharing and imparting their expertise across their peers. Strong verbal and written communication are a must. Experience working in an Agile Scrum development environment, or in a consulting capacity is a plus.

Role responsibilities

• Designing, Migrating, Building, and Testing large-scale data processing pipelines and architectures
• Building enterprise applications on the cloud using technologies such as Google Cloud, BigQuery, AutoML, Google Data Studio
• Helping clients implement ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality, all while building intelligent solutions that leverage data
• Working with business, analytical, and technical stakeholders understand requirements and negotiate solution scopes and timelines
• Building and optimize databases and related scripts to repeatedly and reliably answer business questions, run business operations, or create customer experiences
• Building APIs to make data highly available
• Interfacing with clients and translating technical requirements, documentation, and recommendations
• Working with experienced data engineers, data scientists, and data architects to foster your experience and growth

Minimum qualifications

We want all new hires to succeed in their roles at Kin + Carta. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Minimum Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

• 3+ years of experience working with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) and related big data processing tools and frameworks
• 1+ years of experience working with Kubernetes and container technologies such as Docker
• 3+ years of experience with Python
• 3+ years of experience designing data models, lakes, and ETL patterns or architectures
• 3+ years of experience working with data pipeline and workflow management tools e.g. Airflow
• 3+ years of experience working with relational SQL and NoSQL databases such as Postgres and Cassandra
• 2+ years of experience designing, building, integrating and testing with RESTful APIs

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with big data tools like Google BigQuery, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, or Elasticsearch
• Experience working with data visualization and reporting tools like Looker, Tableau or PowerBI
• Experience working with message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable big data stores
• Familiar with Microservice design patterns including Serverless and BFF
• Experience in developing and implementing scripts for database maintenance, monitoring, and performance-tuning to be applied across the business
• Experience in Machine Learning
• A strong passion for building innovative and intelligent solutions around data 
• Proven ability to effectively communicate technical topics to product owners, stakeholders and other business team members
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum development environment, or in a consulting capacity

About Kin + Carta

Kin + Carta is a global digital transformation consultancy committed to working alongside our clients to build a world that works better #ForEveryone. Our 2,000 curious minds make creative connections between people, data and technology to create connected outcomes across the full lifecycle of the product and platform ecosystems.

We’re makers, builders and creators by nature, and we come to work every day to build experiences for some of the world’s most influential companies. We help businesses accelerate their digital roadmap, rapidly innovate, modernize their systems, enable their teams and optimize for continued growth. 

We are a technology business with trust and human connection at its heart. As a Certified B Corp, our triple bottom line focus on people, the planet and profit is at the core of everything we do.

We welcome our Kin to show up as their authentic selves every day. Because this is so important to us, Kin + Carta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. To read further about our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Awareness, check out the IDEA page on our website. 

If you need accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.