Senior Data Engineer for AI

International Business Machines Corporation

Boston (MA)

Hybrid

USD 49,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM Consulting seeks a Senior Data Engineer for AI in Poland to lead end-to-end data engineering initiatives, turning ambiguity into scalable ELT pipelines and analytics datasets. You will design Azure–Snowflake–dbt pipelines, write Python orchestration scripts, and collaborate with business users and delivery teams in a hybrid work environment.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in data/analytics engineering, strong Snowflake and dbt Cloud experience, and excellent communication across vendors and

Qualifications

5+ year in data engineering or analytics engineering with a modern data stack focus.
4+ years of hands‑on Snowflake experience, including advanced and platform specific features.
3+ years of hands on dbt Cloud experience in production environments.
Solid Python skill for orchestration and transformation use cases.
Strong experience with Azure and Azure Blob Storage integrations.

Responsibilities

Leading data engineering initiatives end-to-end, from requirements gathering to production deployment serving AI use cases.
Designing and building ELT pipelines loading data from Azure Blob Storage into Snowflake
Developing and maintaining dbt transformation models to deliver scalable, reliable analytics datasets
Writing Python scripts for data orchestration and advanced transformations
Leveraging Snowflake-specific features and Snowflake Cortex for AI-driven use cases
Acting as a technical bridge between business users and delivery teams.
Identifying and unblocking delivery bottlenecks before they become problems
Proposing improvements, new approaches, and solutions.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics engineering

Python

Azure

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Snowflake

dbt Cloud

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Data engineer who thrives in ambiguity, takes full ownership, and loves turning unclear requirements into elegant data solutions.

What You'll Be Doing

Leading data engineering initiatives end-to-end, from requirements gathering to production deployment serving AI use cases.
Designing and building ELT pipelines loading data from Azure Blob Storage into Snowflake
Developing and maintaining dbt transformation models to deliver scalable, reliable analytics datasets
Writing Python scripts for data orchestration and advanced transformations
Leveraging Snowflake-specific features and Snowflake Cortex for AI-driven use cases
Acting as a technical bridge between business users and delivery teams.
Identifying and unblocking delivery bottlenecks before they become problems
Proposing improvements, new approaches, and solutions.

This role demands someone who is

Self-driven — you set your own pace and direction
Comfortable with ambiguity — unclear requirements don’t stop you, they challenge you
Solution-oriented — you focus on removing blockers, not documenting them
A collaborative communicator — friendly, clear, and effective across technical and non-technical audiences

Required education

Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred education

Master’s Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

5+ year in data engineering or analytics engineering with a modern data stack focus
4+ years of hands‑on Snoflake experience, including advanced and platform specififc features
3+years of hands on dbt Colud experience in production environmentsSolid Python skill for orchestration and transformation use cases
Strong experience with Azure and Azure Blob Storage integrations

Preferred technical and professional experience

Exposure to Snowflake Cortex and familiarity with ML lifecycle concepts ( training vs inference)
Excellent communication skills - able to work smoothly across different vendors and business stakeholders
Relevant professional certifications - Snowflake, Azure
Relevant professional education - AI, Data Science, Big Data, ML or similar
PowerBI skills or experience
Expert level knowledge of dbt

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on‑going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can‑do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Job Title

Senior Data Engineer for AI

Job ID

129825

City / Township / Village

WARSZAWA, Krakow, WROCLAW

State / Province

Country

Poland

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work