Forward Deployed Engineer, Data Platform & Integrations Trida AI Seattle, WA (Remote) Contract · 1 week ago

Trida Labs; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 124,000 - 179,000; Part time

Job summary

Trida AI deploys Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprise customer teams to design, build, and ship production AI systems — agents, retrieval, and data integrations — and to leave behind systems the customer can operate themselves. Travel to customer sites up to 40% may be required depending on the engagement.

What You'll Do includes building data connectors, ingestion and ETL pipelines, and data integrations between warehouses, APIs and AI platforms; designing data models for usable data by

Qualifications

• Deep data-engineering experience: pipelines, warehousing, APIs; Python and SQL, Spark/PySpark a plus.
• Experience with cloud data platforms on AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Delivered in customer data environments under real security and access constraints.

Responsibilities

• Build data connectors, ingestion and ETL pipelines, and integrations between customer warehouses, internal APIs and AI platforms.
• Design data models and representations that make enterprise data usable by agents and retrieval systems.
• Own reliability, provenance, lineage and access controls on data flows.
• Work inside customer data environments, including messy, legacy and partially documented systems.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark/PySpark

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer, Data Platform & Integrations

Applications may be assessed in part using Trida's skill-based tools (verified certifications, skill tests, and FitScore), always alongside human review before any hiring decision.

Forward Deployed Engineer – Data Platform & Integrations

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States

Work Model: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Experience: 5–10 Years

Compensation: $90–$130 per hour

About Trida AI

Trida AI is a Forward Deployed Engineering services company that helps enterprises design, build, and deploy production AI systems. Our engineers embed with customer teams to ship agentic workflows, retrieval and data integrations, and the evaluation and hardening work that turns pilots into dependable production systems. Trida AI is expanding its services footprint across the United States as demand for production AI delivery grows.

About the Role

Trida AI deploys Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprise customer teams to design, build, and ship production AI systems — agents, retrieval, and data integrations — and to leave behind systems the customer can operate themselves. Success is production adoption and measurable workflow impact, not a demo. Travel to customer sites up to 40% may be required depending on the engagement.

What You'll Do

Build data connectors, ingestion and ETL pipelines, and integrations between customer warehouses, internal APIs and AI platforms

Design data models and representations that make enterprise data usable by agents and retrieval systems

Own reliability, provenance, lineage and access controls on data flows

Work inside customer data environments, including messy, legacy and partially documented systems

What We're Looking For

Deep data-engineering experience: pipelines, warehousing, APIs — Python and SQL, Spark/PySpark a plus

Hands-on with cloud data platforms on AWS, Azure or GCP

Delivered in customer data environments under real security and access constraints

Additional Information

Must be authorized to work in the US; Trida AI does not provide sponsorship. Trida AI LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds. If you need an accommodation in the application process, contact [e-mail]. Location: Remote — United States (Seattle, WA base).

About Trida AI

Forward-deployed AI engineers embedded in your company to build, ship, and run AI systems that actually work in production.