Senior Data/AI Engineer

Los Angeles, California
IDj-10336
Job TypeContract
Remote TypeFull Remote
Compensation$65 - $80 / hr

This role requires candidates who are currently authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, and C2C arrangements are not accepted. This role is remote.

 

Overview

The Senior Data / AI Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining enterprise-scale data and analytics solutions using modern cloud-based architectures. This role focuses on developing scalable data integration frameworks, distributed data systems, and analytics pipelines that support advanced reporting, machine learning, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.

This position works closely with data, analytics, and engineering teams to implement best practices in data management, data quality, and security while enabling real-time and batch data processing use cases.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable data warehouse and analytics solutions using modern cloud data platforms

  • Build and maintain data integration pipelines between transactional systems and analytics environments

  • Develop solutions to ingest, transform, and enrich data from internal and external sources

  • Support multiple data patterns including real-time streaming, batch processing, BI, advanced analytics, and machine learning

  • Develop data products that incorporate enrichment, feature engineering, and ML-ready datasets

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to shared technical knowledge and standards

  • Apply data management principles to ensure reliability, performance, and data quality

  • Follow security best practices related to access control, encryption, and network protection


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

  • 5+ years of experience building data-driven or analytics solutions

  • 3+ years of experience working with cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent)

  • Strong experience with Python and SQL for data engineering and analytics

  • Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks)

  • Experience designing and building data pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data

  • Familiarity with ETL/ELT tools and data integration frameworks

  • Strong understanding of data security, governance, and best practices


Preferred Skills

  • Experience with real-time or streaming data architectures

  • Familiarity with messaging or event-driven platforms (e.g., Kafka or similar)

  • Knowledge of cloud-native services for compute, storage, networking, and identity management

  • Experience with serverless technologies and infrastructure-as-code concepts

  • Exposure to machine learning frameworks and libraries

  • Understanding of generative AI concepts such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or model tuning

  • Experience supporting ML model development or deployment pipelines


Additional Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities

  • Demonstrated attention to data quality, accuracy, and governance

  • Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality solutions

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