AI Data Engineer

Job overview

The AI Data Engineer role is listed in Saint Charles, IL, while the description specifies New Jersey only; the work arrangement is not specified. Compensation is not specified. The role supports the organization’s broader data and AI infrastructure initiatives. The position exists to build and optimize data pipelines and infrastructure for AI model metadata, training-data lineage, lifecycle management, and monitoring. It enables data scientists and AI teams to manage model development, governance, and performance with reliable data systems.

What you'll do

• Design pipelines for AI model metadata, training-data lineage, and performance metrics
• build Databricks and Spark data infrastructure
• develop MCP servers and AI data distribution via MCP
• create feature engineering and preprocessing workflows
• implement model versioning, experiment tracking, and registry integration
• automate AI agent discovery and inventory
• maintain knowledge graphs and real-time monitoring pipelines
• develop AI dataset quality frameworks
• collaborate on data access and feature stores
• implement security and compliance controls
• document architectures, schemas, and integrations.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

ai data engineer

new jersey only

saint charles il listing

tekfortune

databricks

apache spark

python

sql

mlflow

ai data pipelines

model monitoring

data governance

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting requires 5–7 years of data engineering experience, including at least two years focused on AI/ML workloads, and lists Python, Databricks, Spark, and SQL.

About the employer

Tekfortune Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.