Remote Senior AI Data Platform Engineer

Encora; Colombia; Remote; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cforge is hiring a Senior AI Data Engineer for a remote role focused on building scalable data platforms. The candidate will develop and optimize NER pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and ensure secure, governed access to entity information.

The role requires 7+ years of software engineering experience with data-intensive platforms, proficiency in Python/Java, and hands-on work with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Neo4j, and Kubernetes. Remote collaboration with global teams is expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience on data-intensive platforms.
• Experience with search platforms (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch) and information retrieval.
• Knowledge of graph databases and knowledge graphs (Neo4j, Cypher).
• Applied NLP/NER with LLM-based extraction and open-source models.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and Datadog.
• Hands-on data ingestion and synchronization from multiple source systems.
• Ability to evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs with engineering judgment.
• Proficiency in Python or Java.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and enhance the core platform for entity management and governance.
• Build NER pipelines using LLMs, gazetteers, and pattern matching.
• Extend NER to live-stream content.
• Improve search and entity discovery via entity resolution and filtering.
• Design graph-based relationship models for traversal and visualization.
• Implement entity-level security across data access.
• Onboard new data sources and support integrations.
• Translate business requirements into technical AI workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape the platform roadmap.
• Support team onboarding and knowledge sharing.

Tools

Neo4j

Cypher

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude

ChatGPT

Job description

Cforge is hiring a Senior AI Data Engineer for a remote role focused on building scalable data platforms. The candidate will develop and optimize NER pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and ensure secure, governed access to entity information.

The role requires 7+ years of software engineering experience with data-intensive platforms, proficiency in Python/Java, and hands-on work with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Neo4j, and Kubernetes. Remote collaboration with global teams is expected.