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Data Engineer III

Menlo Park, CA, US • Posted 16 hours ago • Updated 16 hours ago

Contract Independent

Contract W2

12 Months

No Travel Required

On-site

Depends on Experience

Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

Python
SQL
AI

Summary

Skills Required

Strong software engineering fundamentals. Python, data structures, concurrency/async programming.
Advanced SQL & data pipeline expertise. Complex queries, query optimization, pipeline orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Data swarm, or equivalent).
Experience integrating ML models into data pipelines. Calling inference endpoints, managing model versions, batching requests, handling inference failures at scale.
Proficiency with AI-assisted coding agents (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Codex).
Expected to leverage AI tools as a force multiplier for writing, debugging, and reviewing code, building pipelines faster, and accelerating day-to-day engineering workflows
Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving ability, and cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Skills

Working knowledge of embeddings and vector representations like generating, storing, indexing, and querying embeddings (FAISS, Milvus, or equivalent).
Familiarity with content-understanding models like image classifiers, object detection, OCR, NSFW detection, aesthetic scoring.
Experience with LLMs for data tasks like prompt engineering for annotation, data cleaning, or evaluation using LLM APIs.
Knowledge of generative AI like diffusion models, image generation, evaluation metrics (FID, CLIP score, etc.).

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Dice Id: 10191472
Position Id: 8987393
Posted 16 hours ago

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