Staff Data Engineer

Kindred is a members-only home swapping network that unlocks the ability to live a travel-rich lifestyle through the power of community. By exchanging primary residences with trusted peers, renters and owners alike can match with Kindred spirits and explore new destinations without breaking the bank.We are on a mission to build a sharing economy that lives up to the name, and we’ve raised significant capital from some of the best investors in Silicon Valley, including Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Bessemer Venture Partners, Caffeinated Capital, Elad Gil, and the founders of Opendoor, Figma, ClassPass, Clubhouse, Divvy, Gem, and Homebound.The co-founders are proven leaders from the early team at proptech company Opendoor ($15B+ exit) and have each separately built and scaled products that today do $1B+ annual revenue combined.We’re looking for the world’s top builders, executors, and believers to join us on this ride.You can learn more about us in Forbes and TechCrunch.The Role:We’re looking for a world-class data engineer with deep experience in building scalable data infrastructure to join us at the ground floor.You’ll be one of the earliest members of our data engineering team, shaping the foundation of Kindred’s data platform. This is an opportunity to build an iconic consumer product and a category-defining business that reshapes how people travel.You Will:Play a key role in shaping the vision, architecture, and implementation of our end-to-end data infrastructurePartner with engineering, product, and business leaders to understand data needs and influence the long-term data architectureBuild scalable, reliable data pipelines that support analytics, operations, and product experiencesDesign and implement efficient batch and real-time data flows to power reporting, insights, and automationCollaborate with software engineers to instrument key events and ensure data is captured cleanly and consistentlyDevelop well-modeled, intuitive data layers that make it easy for others to query and consume dataImplement quality checks, monitoring, and alerts to ensure trust in the dataContinuously optimize pipelines and workflows for performance, cost, and maintainabilityPlay a key role in growing our data engineering capabilities as we scale — including mentoring others and setting foundational practicesContribute to incident response and support rotational coverage when needed to maintain data uptime and reliabilityYou may be a right fit for this role if you:Have 5+ years of experience building and maintaining data infrastructure at scaleAre fluent in modern data tools and cloud-native ecosystems (e.g. dbt, Airflow, Snowflake/BigQuery, Kafka, Spark, etc.)Have experience designing dimensional data models and optimizing warehouse performanceHave partnered closely with analytics, product, or ML teams to deliver clean, reliable, well-documented dataHave built data platforms from the ground up or been a key contributor in a high-growth startup environmentAre pragmatic and quality-driven — you know when to ship scrappy and when to build for scaleAre excited about working cross-functionally to turn ambiguous business problems into concrete data solutionsThrive in early-stage environments with high ownership, autonomy, and rapid changeAre motivated by building elegant systems that empower others — not just crunching numbersCome to work with curiosity, humility, and a collaborative spiritOur Benefits:At Kindred, we know that good things happen when we look out for one another. We offer our employees the following benefits:Our opening spans more than one career level. The base salary offered depends on many factors, such as work experience, transferable skills, business needs and impact, and market demands.A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistryA culture of championship (vs. just mentorship), feedback, and continual developmentCompetitive cash compensation and equityComprehensive health benefitsFlexible vacation policyUnlimited credits to stay at Kindred homes during your time as an employee$4,000 annual travel stipend to use toward travel costs to stay at a Kindred homeRemote-flexible work environment. We encourage team members to travel and adventure, including working from Kindred HQ in San Francisco!Regular offsites to co-locate with the teamWe are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Kindred does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, marital status, domestic partner status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by US federal, state or local laws, or the laws of the country or jurisdiction where you work. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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