Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer: Data & ML Pipelines

Snorkel AI; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (stock options)

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Snorkel AI in New York is seeking a Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to own end-to-end data pipeline lifecycles, build ML-assisted workflows, and deploy production-grade data solutions. You will translate ambiguous customer needs into concrete specifications and work with the DaaS Delivery Operations team and cross-functional partners.

This role emphasizes technical leadership, rapid delivery, and scalable data tooling, with emphasis on HITL data generation, evaluation, and model

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, ML engineering, solutions engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or other technical solution development roles.
• Strong practical experience with Python and SQL data tooling required.
• Familiarity with ML and LLM-based solutions, including applying ML techniques in production contexts and building validation, evaluation, or quality measurement workflows for ML/LLM-based systems.
• Experience translating ambiguous customer or stakeholder requirements into technical specifications, workflows, and delivered solutions.
• Experience integrating systems via APIs and building custom tooling or workflows for non-standard technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy evaluators, design and implement quality measurement systems to validate project outputs and ensure deliverables meet client expectations
• Generate synthetic datasets by developing or adapting existing pipelines to accelerate client engagements and augment training data
• Package and deliver production-grade datasets with standardized formatting, comprehensive documentation, and quality assurance
• Define production specifications and workflows, securing technical alignment with client teams to enable seamless go-live transitions
• Provide ongoing technical support to Delivery Managers, addressing complex questions, resolving technical blockers, and supporting customer rebuttals
• Maintain specification consistency and alignment across customer and internal teams throughout the engagement lifecycle

Skills

Python

SQL

ML/LLM

Requirements translation

API integration

Tools

APIs

Job description

Snorkel AI in New York is seeking a Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to own end-to-end data pipeline lifecycles, build ML-assisted workflows, and deploy production-grade data solutions. You will translate ambiguous customer needs into concrete specifications and work with the DaaS Delivery Operations team and cross-functional partners.

This role emphasizes technical leadership, rapid delivery, and scalable data tooling, with emphasis on HITL data generation, evaluation, and model