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Data Engineer, AI Enablement

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines and curated data products to provide trusted, AI-ready data foundations for R&D analytics, knowledge graphs, and machine learning use cases.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (AI enablement)

Builds

Curated, reusable data products and reliable data foundations for R&D analytics and AI

Domain

Life sciences / R&D data infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

SQL, Python, ETL/ELT patterns, workflow orchestration (Airflow), data modeling, metadata management, data governance, data quality checks, distributed SQL, cloud infrastructure, data integration, vector search preparation, knowledge graph data preparation

Preferred skills

Graph databases, ontology-based data structures, semantic data, linked-data concepts, AWS-based platforms, Databricks, Spark, Snowflake, Neo4j, regulated data environments

Technologies

Airflow, SQL, Python, Databricks, Spark, Snowflake, Neo4j, AWS

Responsibilities

Design and operate production data pipelines and curated data products; prepare data for AI, RAG, and knowledge graph use cases; apply data quality, governance, and lineage practices; collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to translate requirements; provide technical guidance to contracted engineers; monitor pipeline performance and resolve operational issues.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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