Senior Data Engineer: Lakehouse & AI Product Platform

Baker Tilly (US); Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly is seeking a Sr Data Engineer to join the founding team of the AI Product Group (APG). This hands‑on role builds scalable data pipelines and a governed data foundation for AI applications, focusing on lakehouse architectures, data quality, and retrieval capabilities.

You will collaborate with global teams to deliver production‑ready data solutions and support knowledge graphs, enterprise search, and AI readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• 3 years of hands-on data engineering or software engineering experience.
• Strong Python and SQL, production data pipelines experience.
• Experience with lakehouse platforms and data governance practices.
• Familiarity with data modeling, testing, and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable batch and incremental data pipelines.
• Develop and maintain lakehouse architecture and data models.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, and provenance across pipelines.
• Build knowledge graphs and retrieval pipelines for AI applications.
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver production data solutions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Azure

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Medallion architecture

Unity Catalog

Job description

Baker Tilly is seeking a Sr Data Engineer to join the founding team of the AI Product Group (APG). This hands‑on role builds scalable data pipelines and a governed data foundation for AI applications, focusing on lakehouse architectures, data quality, and retrieval capabilities.

You will collaborate with global teams to deliver production‑ready data solutions and support knowledge graphs, enterprise search, and AI readiness.