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Data & AI Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Sacramento, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 120000 - 168000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
21 August 2026 (17 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
18 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
This is a contract position. Extension may be considered based on business need and performance but there is no guarantee of permanent employment.
Purpose
This positionis responsible fordesigning developing andmaintainingthe data pipelines infrastructure and systems that enable reliable data integration transformation and delivery across Teicherts enterprise data platform. The Data & AI Engineer partners with data scientists analysts and AI engineers to ensure data is high-quality well-governed and ready to support analytics AI and business intelligence and applies foundational AI and agent-building skills to deliver solutions to business problems. This role sits within the Data & Technology Solutions department and contributes to the build-out of Teicherts enterprise data platform and AI capabilities.
Focus & Scope
Essential duties and responsibilities i.e. those which are basic necessary and an integral part of the job are indicated below:
- Designs and develops data pipelines that extract data from various sourcestransformsit into the desired format andloadsit into Teicherts data platform.
- Integrates data from databases data warehouses APIs and external systems including telematics work order and other operational systems; ensures data consistency and integrity during integration performing validation and cleaning as needed; develops and maintains APIs as needed to enable data exchange between systems.
- Applies foundational AI and agent-building skills such as working with large language models basic tool use and retrieval-augmented generation to support business use cases that require AI and data platform features.
- Serves as a visible ambassador for data and AI across the organization.
- Implements data quality checks and validations within pipelines to ensure accuracy consistency and completeness; partners with DAAI leadership on data governance practices.
- Optimizesdata pipelines and processing workflows for performance scalability and efficiency; monitors and tunes datasystems andidentifiesand resolves performance bottlenecks.
- Collaborates with data scientists and analysts to optimize models and algorithms for data quality security and governance; supports delivery and educates end users on data products.
Relationships Qualifications and Requirements & Competencies
Key Relationships
Reports To:
- Senior Data Analytics & AI Manager
- None
- Refineries and Trucking Companies
- Data Analytics & AI team members Data & Technology Solutions teams business leaders and stakeholders AI Community of Practice members
Role Qualifications & Requirements
Education:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science Software Engineering Information Systems ora related field.
Experience and Industry Expertise:
- Minimum5 years of experience in data engineering data management or a related field withdemonstratedexpertisein data integration pipeline development data quality and generative AI and agentic AI use.
- Experience in asset-intensive industries such as construction mining energy transportation or manufacturing is preferred.
Specific Job Requirements:
- Successfulcompletion of pre-employment drug alcohol and background investigation.
- Ability to build trust and rapport quickly with employees at all levels demystifyingdataand AI for non-technical audiences and championing responsible adoption through day-to-day partnership.
- Demonstratedexpertiseindesigning building andmaintainingscalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
- Proficiencywith cloud data platforms and services such as Azure and Databricks; experience with modern data warehousing and data architecture concepts.
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; working knowledge ofadditionallanguages (e.g. Java R) is a plus.
- Hands-on experience applying AI and building foundational AI agents (e.g. using large language models basic tool use or retrieval-augmented generation) to real use casesrequired.
- Experience withMLOps/AIOps practices for deployingmonitoring andmaintainingmodels and data/AI pipelines inproduction preferred.
- Experience with version control tools (e.g. GitHub Azure DevOps) Agile software development best practices AI-assisted coding tools (e.g. Claude Code) to accelerate development; and data visualization platforms (e.g. Power BI Tableau) preferred.
- Ability to collaborate across teams of varying technical backgrounds to support delivery.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills including the ability to diagnose issues in unfamiliar code or systems.
- Ability to translate between technical business and executive stakeholders on data sources data management concepts and analytical approaches.
- Ability to preserve confidential and proprietary information andsuccessfully avoidconflicts of interest.
- Must be able to prioritize manage multiple workstreams and recognize when to seek direction.
Competencies
- Data Analytics & AI
- Building Relationships
- Communication
- Initiative
- Dependability
- Judgement/Decision Making
Equipment Used Physical Demands and Work Environment
Equipment Used:
- General office equipment telephoneautomobilepersonal protective equipment ( glasses hearing protection)when visiting plants.
- Physical: Sittingforlong periodsof time working on the computer or attending meetings. Job site visits require walking on uneven groundsteep slopes and exposure to extreme temperature and/or ofmaterials and equipment up to20 lbs.
- Work Environment: Typicaloffice environment with adequate temperaturesand lighting low levels of noise. Demands of meeting tight deadlines. Exposed to the conditions of job sites which can include loud noise dust fumes and extreme weather conditions prevalent at the time. May work various hours including early morningsduskor evenings.
BASE SALARY RANGE:
$120000.00 - $168000.00
The range displayed reflects the range the company reasonable expects to pay for the position. The actual base salary is subject to variation due to the role level geographic location relevant education training or experience among other factors.
Employer Disclosure Statement
The above statements and job description is intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed within this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and tasks. Other similar or additional duties are performed as assigned.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Teichert and its subsidiaries pride themselves on being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals seeking employment at our company are considered without regards to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the company. If you are an applicant with a disability please inform Robert Maxey () if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
Notice to Staffing Agencies
Teichert Inc. and its subsidiaries (Teichert) will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Teichert including unsolicited resumes sent to a Teichert mailing address fax machine or email address directly to Teichert employees or to Teicherts resume database will be considered Teichert property. Teichert will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Teichert will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Teicherts recruiting function to submit resumes and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Teichert will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Teicherts Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Teichert employee is authorized to bind Teichert to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.
Required Experience:
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