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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Remofirst Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Software Tools, SQL Databases, Large Language Models, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines - **Published:** July 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d17d64364a88e15a ## About the Role * 5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering with proven delivery in production environments. * Strong expertise in building scalable data pipelines using Python and SQL. * Hands-on experience with modern data engineering tools such as dbt, Airflow, Prefect, or similar. * Strong experience with dimensional data modeling and semantic data models. * Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including services such as S3, Redshift, Athena, Glue, and Lambda. * Hands-on experience designing, building and operating modern data infrastructure, including storage, compute, orchestration, and monitoring. * Familiarity with modern AI architectures and the data requirements for LLMs, AI agents and RAG applications., * Strong ownership mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. * Ability to translate evolving business, analytics and AI requirements into scalable data solutions. * Effective communicator who collaborates well across Data, AI, Product, and Engineering teams. * A senior engineer who balances architectural thinking with hands-on execution. ## Description We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate a scalable, cloud-native data platform that supports both analytics and AI-driven use cases. This role goes beyond traditional data warehousing .You will work closely with AI engineers to build the data foundation that powers LLM applications, agent-based systems and RAG solutions. You will be responsible for building reliable data pipelines, developing curated data models and products, and ensuring high-quality, trusted data is readily available for analytics and AI workloads., * Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines using modern data engineering tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Prefect). * Develop and maintain dimensional and semantic data models to support analytics and operational use cases. * Build curated data products that support analytics and modern AI workloads. * Design data schemas and storage strategies optimized for both analytical and AI workloads. * Build and maintain version control workflows and isolated development/test environments. * Manage and optimize cloud-based data infrastructure ensuring performance, scalability, reliability and cost efficiency. * Contribute to the architecture and evolution of the organization's modern data platform. * Collaborate closely with AI, Analytics, and Product teams to deliver scalable, high-quality data solutions. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1838-wearedevelopers-live-css-is-doomed) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [The Data Mesh as the end of the Datalake as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/156-the-data-mesh-as-the-end-of-the-datalake-as-we-know-it) - [AI Model Management Life Circles: ML Ops For Generative AI Models From Research to Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1152-ai-model-management-life-circles-ml-ops-for-generative-ai-models-from-research-to-deployment) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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