Data Engineer

K1X; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation policy

Sick time

Holidays

Paid parental leave

Fully remote

Healthcare benefits

401K

Growing startup culture

Job summary

K1x is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the data pipelines and infrastructure powering ML initiatives and analytics. This role sits at the intersection of Product Engineering, Data, and Machine Learning, delivering reliable, scalable data systems for downstream models and reporting.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and AI teams, implement ETL/ELT pipelines, ensure data quality, and enable Power BI analytics.

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years of experience in data 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures for operational, analytical, and ML workloads.
• Contribute to datalakehouse strategy, including Snowflake adoption.
• Develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale processing.
• Implement data quality checks, validation, and monitoring.
• Enable ML workflows with clean, structured datasets and Power BI reporting.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and AI teams on data solutions.

Skills

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

SQL

Relational modeling

Azure

Snowflake

Power BI

Data quality

Monitoring

Collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

SQL Server

Azure

Power BI

Job description

We are K1x. Our platform powers the first fully digital K-1, transforming how alternative investment tax data is extracted, validated, distributed, and analyzed. Trusted by leading institutional investors, fund administrators, and accounting firms, K1x replaces manual, error-prone workflows with scalable, intelligent software. k1x.io As our platform evolves toward deeper analytics, insights, and AI-driven capabilities, data engineering is becoming a foundational pillar of our product and technology strategy.

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 datalakehouse 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.

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.

• Unlimited Vacation Policy+ Sick Time + Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave

• Fully Remote Opportunity
• Healthcare Benefits and 401K
• Growing Startup Culture