About the Role
Data Engineering is a key role in the development team, responsible for building and maintaining the AI-ready data foundation that powers inKind’s intelligent products, machine learning models, and large language model (LLM) applications. This involves working across departments to build, operate, and optimize highly available data pipelines for analytics, ML training and inference, and RAG systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, deployment, and maintenance of the business’s data and AI platforms.
- Own architectural processes and decisions for various data models, including schemas, vector stores, and knowledge bases supporting AI and LLM use cases.
- Design and operate feature pipelines, embedding pipelines, and evaluation datasets for machine learning model training, fine-tuning, and continuous evaluation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with leadership, development, finance, and data science teams to convert data into understandable information and AI-ready inputs.
- Ensure implemented data and AI systems have relevant security, privacy, and data-governance controls, especially concerning data flowing to/from third-party LLM providers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technology field, or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of professional database development experience, preferably as a Data Engineer in a fast-paced, complex business environment.
- Expert level knowledge of SQL, with a focus on writing and optimizing queries.
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining reliable and scalable ETL/ELT using Snowflake, dbt, and AWS architecture.
- Proficiency in Python and modern AI/ML tooling.
- Experience integrating with LLM APIs (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI).
- Expert problem-solving ability and a maker’s mentality, with extensive experience designing and architecting new features and solutions from scratch, blending traditional data systems with AI components.
- Eagerness to discover innovative ways to work faster and more efficiently, leveraging AI coding assistants and agents, while balancing competing concerns (tech debt, cost, security, complexity).
- Proactive written and spoken communication skills, with an excellent ability to collaborate effectively in-person and remotely.
- Courage to raise concerns and ask questions.
- Ability to stay up-to-date with new frameworks and tools in the AI/ML space to speed up development, while monitoring for potential vulnerabilities and edge cases (e.g., prompt injection, data leakage).
Skills
- SQL
- Python
- ETL/ELT
- Snowflake
- dbt
- AWS
- AI/ML tooling
- LLM API integration
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- In-person
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years professional database development experience
- Data Engineer
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $135,000 - $155,000, DOE
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield
- 100% employer-paid Dental PPO coverage
- Vision coverage
- Company-paid Short-Term Disability coverage
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- 9 paid company holidays annually
- Generous parental leave and child care benefits
- Career development and training opportunities
- Daily catered lunches and office snacks
- Credits to dine within the inKind restaurant network
- Dog-friendly office environment
About the Company
- inKind connects passionate diners with exceptional restaurants across the country.
- inKind partners with thousands of restaurants and has millions of users who want to discover great places, dine confidently, and earn meaningful rewards.
- Through the inKind app, guests earn 20% back every time they dine, turning everyday meals into something more rewarding.
- From celebrated restaurant groups like José Andres and Michael Mina to beloved neighborhood favorites, inKind helps diners explore the best restaurants in town while supporting the restaurants and chefs who shape how their cities eat.
- Rooted in hospitality and built on a win-win philosophy, inKind exists to help great restaurants thrive while inspiring guests to dine out more often.
- Every meal creates value on both sides of the table, empowering diners to savor more while strengthening the restaurant community.
Equal Opportunity
- inKind is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We believe that diversity is vital to inKind's ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment.
- Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected category have no bearing on our hiring decisions.
