Senior Data Engineer - AI-Driven Analytics Platform

Real; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Real is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and scale a data foundation for analytics and AI-driven processes. The role sits at the intersection of data engineering, cloud technologies, and emerging AI capabilities, partnering with technical and business stakeholders.

You will develop reliable pipelines, improve data quality, and create frameworks enabling enterprise-wide AI initiatives in a complex data-intensive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS, data engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years designing and supporting production data solutions.
• Strong data integration, transformation, and large-scale pipelines.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and modern ecosystems.
• Advanced SQL and work with large operational/analytical datasets.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata, lineage, and quality controls.
• Experience in regulated, secure enterprise environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines from multiple enterprise systems.
• Build ingestion and processing solutions for AI and analytics.
• Ensure data reliability, accuracy, governance, and accessibility.
• Establish data quality standards, validation, and monitoring.
• Partner with architects and stakeholders to optimize data structures.
• Support retrieval and knowledge-management for AI-enabled apps.
• Collaborate on cloud-based data platform architecture and integration.
• Improve operational efficiency through automation and standardization.
• Support testing, performance optimization, and enhancement.
• Contribute to best practices and foster innovation and accountability.

Skills

Data integration

Data transformation

Pipelines design

Cloud platforms

Advanced SQL

Data governance

Security governance

Communication

Education

CS or related field

Tools

Vector databases

Semantic search

Retrieval systems

MLOps

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

Data observability

Job description

Real is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and scale a data foundation for analytics and AI-driven processes. The role sits at the intersection of data engineering, cloud technologies, and emerging AI capabilities, partnering with technical and business stakeholders.

You will develop reliable pipelines, improve data quality, and create frameworks enabling enterprise-wide AI initiatives in a complex data-intensive environment.