Python AI Engineer

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Greetings from Smart Work IT Services. We are hiring for the below role,
Role: Python AI Engineer
Location: Onsite New York City
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience Level: Senior
About The Role
We are looking for a
Python AI Engineer
with strong Generative AI exposure
to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data platforms that power AI/ML and GenAI applications. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in modern data engineering tools along with hands-on Python development and API frameworks.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using modern data engineering tools.
• Develop and manage data transformation workflows using dbt and Dagster.
• Build robust data models and pipelines supporting analytics and AI workloads.
• Develop backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI to enable data access for AI applications.
• Work with PostgreSQL and SQL to design efficient schemas and optimize queries.
• Process and analyze data using Pandas and Python-based data frameworks.
• Integrate structured and unstructured data pipelines to support Generative AI applications.
• Build AI agents using LangGraph
• Implement RAG pipelines and Text-to-SQL systems
• Integrate AI capabilities into enterprise platforms
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to enable LLM-powered applications and data pipelines.
• Implement data quality, monitoring, and performance optimization practices.
• Participate in architecture design discussions and contribute to scalable data platform design.

Required Skills

• Strong programming experience in Python.
• Experience working with Dagster for orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with dbt for data transformation and modeling.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience working with Pandas for data processing.
• Experience building APIs using FastAPI.
• Solid understanding of data pipeline design and ETL/ELT processes.
• Familiarity with building data infrastructure for AI/ML or GenAI use cases.

Good to Have

• Experience designing Star Schema / Dimensional Data Models.
• Familiarity with Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers).
• Experience with Generative AI frameworks or LLM integrations.
• Knowledge of RAG pipelines, vector databases, or embedding workflows.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS / Google Cloud Platform / Azure.

Vetting flow:

• 1 Hour technical Discussion (Turing internal)
• 30 minutes technical Delivery connect (Turing internal)
• 30 minutes Delivery connect (Turing internal)
• Possible 1 Hour in person Customer round of interview at NYC, NY Final Level