Hiring! AI Data Engineer (Python, AI/ML) - Minimum 15 Years' Experience is Mandatory

Location: Tennessee, remote-OK
Role: AI Data Engineer
Mandatory Skills- Python, AI/ML
Retail domain experience is highly preferable.


JD:
We are seeking an experienced AI Data Engineer (15+ Years) to design, develop, and manage scalable data platforms that enable advanced analytics, Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI solutions. The ideal candidate will build robust data pipelines, ensure data quality, and integrate AI/ML capabilities into enterprise data ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
• Build and optimize data lakes, data warehouses, and AI-ready data platforms.
• Develop ingestion, transformation, and orchestration frameworks using cloud-native technologies.
• Prepare, cleanse, and engineer datasets for AI/ML and Generative AI workloads.
• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs), vector databases, embeddings, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines into enterprise solutions.
• Implement data governance, security, lineage, and quality controls.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, AI Engineers, Business Analysts, and Solution Architects.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines and platform performance.
• Automate deployment, testing, and monitoring of data engineering workflows.
• Create technical documentation and data dictionaries for enterprise data assets.

Required Skills
Technical Skills

• Python, SQL, PySpark
• ETL/ELT development
• Data Modeling (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema)
• Apache Spark, Databricks
• Airflow, Dataflow, Informatica, ADF, Synapse, or equivalent tools
• Relational & NoSQL Databases
• Data Warehousing concepts
• REST APIs and Microservices
• Git, CI/CD, DevOps practices

AI & GenAI Skills

• Machine Learning fundamentals
• Data preparation for AI models
• Vector Databases (Pinecone, ChromaDB, FAISS)
• LLM Integration (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, etc.)
• RAG Architecture
• Embeddings and Semantic Search
• Prompt Engineering fundamentals