Senior AI Platform Engineer

Encora; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer / Knowledge Graph Engineer to build and evolve an entity-centric platform. You will design NER pipelines, integrate data sources, and enhance search capabilities with graph-based contexts.

remote LATAM, strong focus on security and scalable AI workflows. Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in data-intensive platforms, expertise in Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Neo4j, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and observability with Datadog, plus experience with AI-assisted

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in data-intensive platforms.
• Expertise with Elasticsearch and/or OpenSearch and entity resolution techniques.
• Experience with graph databases and knowledge graphs (Neo4j, Cypher).
• Applied NLP/NER solutions using Gemma, Llama, spaCy or similar.
• Strong PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and observability with Datadog.
• Experience ingesting and syncing data from multiple sources.
• Ability to model complex domains and relationships.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and ensuring quality of AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Evolve a core platform for entity management, governance, XREFs, and relationships.
• Design and improve NER pipelines using LLMs and NLP models.
• Extend entity extraction to additional data sources, including streaming content.
• Improve search with entity resolution and metadata filtering.
• Develop graph-based relationship models for traversal and analytics.
• Implement permission-aware data access and security controls.
• Integrate new data sources and connect with downstream apps.
• Translate business needs into scalable AI workflows.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to onboarding.

Skills

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Neo4j/Cypher

NLP/NER

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Datadog

Data modeling

Security controls

AI-assisted tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude

ChatGPT

English communication

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude

ChatGPT

Job description

Experience

7+ years of experience

Location

LATAM (Remote)

Mode

Remote

We at Coforge are hiring Senior AI Platform Engineer / Knowledge Graph Engineer (006fu00000eClH3AAK-2) with the following skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Evolve and enhance a core platform focused on entity management, governance, cross-references (XREFs), relationships, and business context discovery.
• Design, develop, and improve Named Entity Recognition (NER) pipelines using LLMs, open-source NLP models, gazetteers, pattern matching, and blacklist-based approaches.
• Extend entity extraction capabilities to additional content sources, including streaming and real-time content.
• Improve search experiences through entity resolution, personalized search, metadata filtering, and relationship-driven exploration.
• Design and maintain graph-based relationship models that support traversal, visualization, and advanced business context mapping.
• Implement entity-level security and access control mechanisms across retrieval, search, and exploration workflows.
• Integrate new data sources and support connectivity with downstream applications and business platforms.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions and AI-powered workflows.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools while critically validating generated code, architecture decisions, and technical solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across multiple business domains to define priorities and shape platform evolution.
• Contribute to team onboarding, technical mentoring, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including the design and operation of data-intensive platforms in production environments.
• Strong expertise with Elasticsearch and/or OpenSearch, information retrieval systems, and entity resolution techniques.
• Hands-on experience with graph databases and knowledge graphs, including Neo4j and Cypher.
• Solid experience in Applied NLP and NER solutions using technologies such as Gemma, Llama, GLiNER, spaCy, and LLM-based extraction techniques.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and observability tools such as Datadog.
• Proven experience ingesting, synchronizing, and managing data from multiple source systems.
• Strong systems-thinking mindset with advanced architecture and data modeling capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to model complex business domains and relationships.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, and agentic workflows.
• Ability to evaluate, challenge, validate, and improve AI-generated outputs using sound engineering judgment.
• Experience implementing permission-aware data access, security controls, and restricted-data filtering mechanisms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, Mining, or other asset-intensive industries.
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise data governance and master data management initiatives.
• Experience building enterprise search, discovery, or knowledge management platforms.
• Familiarity with graph visualization and relationship analytics solutions.
• Experience designing AI-powered search and retrieval systems.

Posted On

27-10-2026

At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.