Senior AI Data Engineer

Job overview

The Senior AI Data Engineer role is onsite in Boston, MA, with an annual salary range of $115,000–$155,000. The role supports Credence’s AI and Automation practice, delivering cloud-native AI capabilities for federal missions, including defense and health agencies. This technical role designs, builds, and deploys data-driven solutions that prepare and manage data for generative AI and large language models. It contributes to operational agentic AI systems through data engineering, cloud enablement, production monitoring, and collaboration with engineering, data science, and stakeholder teams.

What you'll do

• Build and optimize data pipelines for generative AI and LLM use
• manage datasets across cloud platforms and implement medallion architecture
• model, query, load, tune, and maintain SQL and NoSQL data stores
• collaborate on operational agentic AI systems
• help automate model deployment using IaC, CI/CD, and container orchestration
• monitor and optimize deployed AI systems
• write documented code and support reproducible development.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior ai data engineer

credence

boston ma

full-time

onsite

generative ai

llms

data pipelines

cloud data engineering

agentic ai

aws

$115k–$155k annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, and vision care
• retirement plan
• life insurance
• paid time off and holidays
• family leave
• short- and long-term disability
• training and development
• wellness resources.

Why this role

Requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility for DoD Secret clearance; 7+ years of hands-on Data/AI/ML delivery experience. Federal mission impact and agentic AI development are central to the role.

About the employer

Credence is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.