POSTED Nov 11

Founding Data Engineer at Flex Index

  • Programming
  • Fulltime
  • Anywhere (100% Remote) Only
Job Description

About Flex Index:
Flex Index is redefining the future of work by tackling one of the biggest challenges for hybrid companies: measuring and improving workplace productivity. We’re building software that helps enterprise leaders understand the interplay of people, space, and productivity, empowering data-driven decision-making across the organization.

The Role:
As the Founding Data Engineer at Flex Index, you’ll be at the core of our mission, crafting a robust data architecture that drives actionable insights for enterprises navigating the hybrid work landscape. Your work will directly impact how companies approach workplace productivity and make critical operational decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Data Architecture & Pipeline Design: Build scalable, resilient data pipelines to ingest, process, and store a vast array of data sources—from real-time occupancy to employee productivity metrics—enabling cross-functional teams to generate insights.
  • Data Modeling: Develop intuitive data models that capture the complexity of workforce productivity and company performance, supporting both historical and predictive analyses. You’ll play a pivotal role in designing schemas that can handle diverse datasets and maintain data integrity.
  • Systematic Thinking &; Problem Solving: Approach problems with a systems lens, implementing processes that ensure high-quality data availability and scalability as our data volume grows. Your mindset is operational: you see problems before they occur and create solutions that last.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with technical founder and client teams to translate business objectives into a technical roadmap. You’ll have the agency to shape the data infrastructure as we scale, adapting to the evolving needs of the product.
  • Data Quality & Security: Own the end-to-end data reliability process, ensuring clean, consistent, and secure data for our clients. Establish rigorous data validation and monitoring practices to maintain high data quality.

Who You Are:

  • Resilient &Adaptable: You thrive in a startup environment, navigating ambiguity with an agile, solution-oriented approach.
  • Self-Directed & Proactive: You bring a high degree of agency to your work, identifying opportunities and areas for improvement before they’re even on the roadmap.
  • Analytical Intuition: You have an innate sense of how data moves and how to engineer systems that make data actionable. You’re quick to recognize patterns and can intuitively drill down to insights that matter.
  • Passionate about Data-Driven Decision Making: You believe in the power of data to transform how enterprises operate and make decisions, particularly in the context of hybrid and flexible work models.

Technical Skills:
Proficiency in building robust ETL/ELT pipelines and managing large, complex datasets.

  • Experience with modern data engineering tools such as dbt for data transformation and Databricks for collaborative data workflows.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or SQL, with a focus on scalable data processing.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and data warehousing solutions, supporting efficient data storage and accessibility.

Why Flex Index?
Join us in building something groundbreaking in workplace operations, where data truly drives impact for the business and people org. You’ll have the freedom to shape the data engineering landscape in an emerging field, backed by a culture that values innovation, resilience, and purpose-driven work. 

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