Remote Senior AI & Data Platform Engineer for Production Analytics

Nodi; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 10,000 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

Altura is seeking a hands-on Senior AI & Data Platform Engineer to develop the data and conversational AI components of an enterprise SaaS analytics platform.

You will own the BigQuery analytical layer, governed data APIs, and a production-ready AI analytics agent, collaborating directly with our technical leadership and another senior engineer. This role involves building scalable data and AI capabilities with strong focus on security and governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Python, backend, and data engineering.
• Strong BigQuery, SQL, and Google Cloud Platform skills.
• Proven experience implementing LLM agents in production.

Responsibilities

• Review and extend existing BigQuery Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers.
• Implement multi-tenant Row-Level Security and PII masking.
• Define governed semantic metrics and typed analytical APIs.
• Reconcile business KPIs against existing Power BI reporting.
• Build an AI analytics agent using Vertex AI or equivalent.
• Implement function calling, Pydantic / JSON Schema, and structured JSON outputs.
• Manage AI sessions with Redis and secure tenant isolation.
• Integrate forecasting services and analytical APIs.
• Create automated evaluations, integration tests, and technical documentation.
• Ensure the LLM cannot generate or execute SQL directly.

Skills

Python

Backend

Data Eng

BigQuery

SQL

GCP

LLM Agents

Redis

APIs

Pydantic

dbt

Dataform

Data governance

Security

English

Job description

Altura is seeking a hands-on Senior AI & Data Platform Engineer to develop the data and conversational AI components of an enterprise SaaS analytics platform.

You will own the BigQuery analytical layer, governed data APIs, and a production-ready AI analytics agent, collaborating directly with our technical leadership and another senior engineer. This role involves building scalable data and AI capabilities with strong focus on security and governance.