We are seeking a skilled AI/ML Database Engineer residing in Texas with 5 or more years experience to design build and maintain scalable data systems that support analytics applications and emerging AI/ML use cases. This is a hybrid role (work onsite at least 1 day a week) requiring strong expertise in data modeling data pipelines and modern database technologies across cloud environments. The ideal candidate combines solid computer science fundamentals with hands-on experience in both traditional and next-generation data platforms.
Responsibilities
Design and implement data models and database architectures to support business and technical requirements
Develop optimize and maintain ETL processes and data pipelines for reliable data ingestion and transformation
Work with structured and unstructured data across multiple storage technologies
Implement and manage SQL and NoSQL databases for performance scalability and reliability
Write clean efficient Python code for data processing automation and integration
Deploy and manage vector databases to support AI/ML and semantic search use cases
Collaborate with data scientists engineers and application teams to enable data-driven solutions
Ensure data quality security and governance best practices
Monitor and troubleshoot database performance and reliability issues
Required
Strong knowledge of data modeling and database design principles
Experience building and maintaining ETL and data pipeline solutions
Solid understanding of data structures (trees graphs hash tables etc.)
Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks
Experience with vector databases (e.g. Pinecone Weaviate Chroma)
Familiarity with at least one major cloud platform (GCP AWS or Azure)
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Good communication and collaboration abilities
Preferred
Experience supporting AI/ML or GenAI workloads
Knowledge of data governance and data security frameworks
Experience with big data technologies or distributed systems
DevOps/DataOps experience (CI/CD containerization orchestration)
Required Experience:
IC
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