Remote Senior AI Data Engineer — Platforms & ML

Rippling, Inc.; Mount Pleasant (SC); Remote; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Flexible paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Intertwine Associates LLC is seeking a Senior AI / Data Engineer to lead data platform design, ML systems, and AI applications for federal and client projects. You will collaborate with client leadership, architects, data scientists, and governance teams, with remote work and occasional travel.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in data pipelines and ML, strong Python/SQL skills, and deep Azure or cloud experience, plus security clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building data pipelines, ML systems, or AI apps in production.
• 2+ years leading technical work.
• Expert Python (Pandas/NumPy) and advanced SQL.
• Deep Azure data services knowledge or equivalent AWS/GCP.
• ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn.
• Experience with data governance in regulated environments.
• U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency may be required.
• Ability to obtain a federal Public Trust or security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead delivery of enterprise data platforms and pipelines on Azure or equivalent cloud services.
• Set standards for ETL design, schema enforcement, data validation, quality checks, and lineage.
• Design, build, and deploy ML and AI solutions, including LLM-based applications with guardrails.
• Build secure API endpoints and microservices for analytics and ML platforms.
• Establish MLOps practices: experiment tracking, model registries, CI/CD, containers, monitoring.
• Apply data and AI governance for compliance, reproducibility, auditability, and responsible AI.
• Translate mission and business needs into technical roadmaps, estimates, and briefings for client leadership.
• Mentor engineers and data scientists across multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Python (Pandas/NumPy)

Advanced SQL

Azure data services

PyTorch / TensorFlow

APIs / microservices

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Data Services

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Git / CI/CD

Job description

Intertwine Associates LLC is seeking a Senior AI / Data Engineer to lead data platform design, ML systems, and AI applications for federal and client projects. You will collaborate with client leadership, architects, data scientists, and governance teams, with remote work and occasional travel.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in data pipelines and ML, strong Python/SQL skills, and deep Azure or cloud experience, plus security clearance eligibility.