Sr. Data AI Engineer

Westrock Coffee Company; Little Rock, Northern (AR, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Westrock Coffee is rebuilding its operating system in Palantir Foundry. You will architect core data pipelines, design ontology models, and ship AI-driven applications that change how our company operates.

This in-office role in Little Rock requires 7–10 years of software engineering experience, strong ML basics, and the ability to learn platforms quickly. You will collaborate across teams and build end-to-end data transformations with a focus on data health and governance.

Qualifications

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and build impactful solutions by developing customer applications.
• Architect and engineer solutions in Palantir Foundry on the team working toward building out the reimagined Westrock Coffee operating system.
• Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines and transformation logic with a focus on data health and sustainability.
• Model objects and relationships in the Enterprise Ontology.
• Apply machine learning best practices, including feature engineering, model validation, and performance tuning for development and deployment.
• Utilize Foundry AIP and integrate LLM-based agents to transform workflows.
• Design and build agent architecture that enables observability, human-in-the-loop verification, and precise context control access.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build data pipelines in Palantir Foundry to support the reimagined operating system.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements and deliver customer applications.
• Implement ML practices and model deployment within Foundry.
• Develop agent architecture with observability and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Ensure data health and governance through ontology modeling.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Machine learning basics

Data pipelines design

Ontology modeling

Palantir Foundry familiarity

LLM integration / AI-driven apps

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Foundry AIP

Job description

You\'ll be joining a small team rebuilding Westrock Coffee\'s operating system from the ground up on Palantir Foundry. This isn\'t a maintain-the-dashboard role--you\'ll architect core data pipelines, design ontology models, and ship AI-driven applications that change how our company operates.

Job Duties:

• 7-10 years of software engineering and development experience
• Strong engineering background, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Data Science
• Strong foundation in Machine Learning basics (Evaluation, Training, Problem Decomposition)
• In-office position in Little Rock, Arkansas Headquarters working in a collaborative Foundry Development Center
• Experience with Palantir Foundry is a strong plus, but we\'re equally interested in engineers who learn platforms fast and have built on complex data systems before

Requisition Number

6879

Shift

Qualification

Qualifications:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements to architect and build impactful solutions by developing customer applications
• Architect and engineer solutions in Palantir Foundry on the team working toward building out the reimagined Westrock Coffee operating system
• Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines and transformation logic with a focus on data health and sustainability
• Model objects and relationships in the Enterprise Ontology
• Apply machine learning best practices, including feature engineering, model validation, and performance tuning for development and deployment
• Utilize Foundry AIP and integrate LLM-based agents to transform workflows
• Design and build agent architecture that enables observability, human-in-the-loop verification, and precise context control access

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