Job Description
AI Data Engineer
Location: Remote (Chicago-area preferred for occasional onsite meetings)
Type: 12-Month Contract (Extendable / Contract-to-Hire)
Join a premier global financial firm's rapidly growing Data & AI Automation team. You will architect the data pipelines, backend infrastructure, and agentic connectors that power production-grade AI applications across the enterprise.
What You'll Do
- Build AI Data Pipelines: Design end-to-end pipelines in Microsoft Azure to ingest, parse, and structure raw documents (PDFs, financial records) into enterprise databases.
- Power Production AI Apps: Architect data flows and backends (Python, Streamlit, React) to scale AI initiatives from POCs into high-impact internal tools.
- Automate Financial Workflows: Partner with Tax and Finance teams to extract data, apply business logic, and automate complex workflows like IRS form completion.
- Lead & Future-Proof: Guide offshore mid-level engineers through code reviews and architectural alignment, while building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to expose internal databases for 2027 agentic AI initiatives.
- Accelerate Delivery: Leverage AI coding assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex) to boost development and debugging velocity.
What You Bring
- 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer.
- Strong proficiency in Python, Microsoft Azure, and modern cloud data platforms (Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, or Databricks).
- Proven experience supporting the data backend for active, production AI applications and unstructured document parsing.
- Proficiency with AI coding tools and strong cross-cultural communication skills.
- Bonus: Experience with MCP servers/connectors, Streamlit/React, financial/tax automation, or mentoring offshore teams.
Details & Benefits: Visionaire Partners offers full-time W2 contractors comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, and a 401(k) with up to a 4% match.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship available).