Data Engineer

K1X

$100K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-8+ years of experience in data or backend engineering with data focus
  • Strong experience with ETL/ELT workflows
  • Proficiency in SQL and relational data modeling
  • Experience with cloud-based data platforms (preferably Azure)
  • Understanding of data quality and monitoring processes
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures for operational and analytical workloads
  • Contribute to the development of K1x's data lakehouse strategy, including Snowflake
  • Develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data processing
  • Implement data quality checks and monitoring
  • Enable machine learning workflows with well-structured datasets
  • Support analytics and reporting use cases using Power BI
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and AI teams to deliver data solutions

Benefits

  • Unlimited Vacation Policy + Sick Time + Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Fully Remote Opportunity
  • Healthcare Benefits and 401K
  • Growing Startup Culture
Full Job Description
About The Role

We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the data pipelines and infrastructure that power K1x's machine learning initiatives and future analytics-driven product features.

This role sits at the intersection of Product Engineering, Data, and Machine Learning. You will be responsible for creating reliable, scalable, and high-quality data systems that enable downstream ML models, reporting, and embedded analytics.

What You'll Do

- Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures supporting operational, analytical, and ML workloads.
- Contribute to the evolution of K1x's data lakehouse strategy, including adoption of Snowflake.
- Develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data processing.
- Implement data quality checks, validation, and monitoring.
- Enable machine learning workflows with clean, well-structured datasets.
- Support analytics and reporting use cases including Power BI.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and AI teams on data solutions.

Requirements

Who You Are

- 4-8+ years of experience in data engineering or backend engineering with a data focus.
- Strong experience building data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
- Proficiency with SQL and relational data modeling.
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (Azure preferred).
- Understanding of data quality, reliability, and monitoring.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

It's Truly a Match If You Have

- An engineering mindset applied to data platforms.
- Passion for building scalable, reliable data foundations.
- Interest in enabling ML and analytics-driven products.
- Experience or familiarity with Snowflake, SQL Server, Azure, and Power BI.
- Comfort balancing near-term delivery with long-term architecture.

Benefits
  • Unlimited Vacation Policy + Sick Time + Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Fully Remote Opportunity
  • Healthcare Benefits and 401K
  • Growing Startup Culture

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