AI Data Engineer - Remote / Telecommute

We are looking for AI Data Engineer - Remote / Telecommute for our client in Nashville TN.

Job Title: AI Data Engineer - Remote / Telecommute

Job Location: Nashville TN

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Requirement/Must Have:

• 1+ years of experience in Python, SQL, and PySpark.
• Experience in ETL/ELT development.
• Knowledge of Data Modeling (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema).
• Familiarity with Apache Spark and Databricks.
• Experience with Airflow, Dataflow, Informatica, ADF, Synapse, or equivalent tools.
• Understanding of Relational & NoSQL Databases.
• Knowledge of Data Warehousing concepts.
• Experience with REST APIs and Microservices.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

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.

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.