Experienced Data Engineer — AI/ML

Job overview

The Experienced Data Engineer — AI/ML role is onsite in Phoenix, AZ. Compensation is not specified. The position supports AI/ML initiatives by building data infrastructure for model training, retrieval-augmented generation, and production machine-learning systems. The engineer develops and maintains pipelines that make structured and unstructured data reliable, governed, and available for analytics and AI use. The work supports model development and deployment through data quality, lineage, access controls, and performance optimization.

What you'll do

• Build pipelines to ingest, clean, and transform structured and unstructured data
• maintain vector embedding pipelines and support vector database integration
• develop feature stores and pipelines for model training and inference
• implement RAG data workflows, including chunking, embedding refreshes, and metadata tagging
• partner with ML engineers and data scientists
• ensure lineage, quality, and governance
• optimize cost and performance
• support MLOps/LLMOps dataset versioning and reproducibility
• implement entitlement and access controls.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data engineer

ai/ml

data pipelines

rag

vector embeddings

vector search

feature stores

sql

python

scala

phoenix az

trc talent solutions

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Required skills include strong SQL and Python or Scala, a cloud data platform, orchestration tools such as Airflow or dbt, and familiarity with embeddings, vector search, RAG, and unstructured data.

About the employer

TRC Talent Solutions is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.