Data Engineer: NLP, RAG & MLOps—Mentored & Autonomous

Jamdanceacademy; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Advantage in Downey, CA seeks a Data Engineer who can passionately argue for professionalism and commit to team decisions. The role blends a $106,000 - $164,000 pay with autonomy to shape Plotly work and a growing team.

Key responsibilities include building internal tooling, implementing secure auth, and advancing MLOps and backend services. Expect collaboration with a team that values mentorship and strong outcomes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks.
• Experience with NLP and RAG concepts in production.
• Hands-on Generative AI projects.
• Familiarity with contract schedules and team norms.

Responsibilities

• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Empathy.
• Carry the NLP platform work for CA expansion.
• Refactor the technology module Strategic Advantage has been afraid to touch.
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using MLOps and professionalism.

Skills

NLP & RAG

Outcome ownership

Generative AI projects

Contract project familiarity

Tools

MLOps

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Job description

Strategic Advantage in Downey, CA seeks a Data Engineer who can passionately argue for professionalism and commit to team decisions. The role blends a $106,000 - $164,000 pay with autonomy to shape Plotly work and a growing team.

Key responsibilities include building internal tooling, implementing secure auth, and advancing MLOps and backend services. Expect collaboration with a team that values mentorship and strong outcomes.