Client-Facing Data Engineer for AI Solutions

Nextdata; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextdata seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead a focused three-to-four-month project with an initial enterprise customer, translating a high-value business need into a production-ready solution on the Nextdata OS.

You will own the project from use-case definition through implementation and deployment, building data pipelines, APIs, and user-facing agentic workflows that consumption of governed data products.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data engineering and analytics engineering.
• Proven ability to own a project from use-case to deployment.
• Experience delivering data pipelines, APIs, and backend services.
• Hands-on with enterprise customers and governance-focused data products.

Responsibilities

• Own project from use-case definition through deployment in production.
• Build data pipelines, data models, and APIs for enterprise use.
• Develop user-facing agentic workflows using LangChain/LangGraph.
• Create MCP-compatible endpoints and semantic interfaces for governed data.
• Collaborate across data systems, cloud infra, and customer environments.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics engineering

Python

SQL

Customer-facing delivery

Project ownership

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

Nextdata seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead a focused three-to-four-month project with an initial enterprise customer, translating a high-value business need into a production-ready solution on the Nextdata OS.

You will own the project from use-case definition through implementation and deployment, building data pipelines, APIs, and user-facing agentic workflows that consumption of governed data products.