Senior Data Engineer, AI-Driven Analytics & Lakehouse

World Bank Group; Washington; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Medical insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

World Bank Group's IFC seeks an Associate IT Officer, Data and Information Management with deep data engineering expertise to lead the design and delivery of trusted data products. You will own data pipelines end-to-end, modernize legacy workloads to a Databricks lakehouse, and apply AI-enabled engineering practices for scalable analytics and GenAI readiness.

The role emphasizes product ownership, collaboration with stakeholders, and governance across data contracts, quality rules, and cost

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field plus 5+ years of data engineering experience.
• Strong programming in Python and SQL with Spark experience.
• Experience with Databricks Lakehouse and data product ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines (batch & streaming).
• Own data products end-to-end, with defined users and adoption metrics.
• Lead AI-enabled engineering practices and evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality and governance.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Databricks

AI tools usage

Data modeling

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

World Bank Group's IFC seeks an Associate IT Officer, Data and Information Management with deep data engineering expertise to lead the design and delivery of trusted data products. You will own data pipelines end-to-end, modernize legacy workloads to a Databricks lakehouse, and apply AI-enabled engineering practices for scalable analytics and GenAI readiness.

The role emphasizes product ownership, collaboration with stakeholders, and governance across data contracts, quality rules, and cost