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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal GenAI Data Engineer - **Company:** Zscaler, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $182,000.0 - $260,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cluster Analysis, Collaborative Software, Databases, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Knowledge-Based Systems, Metadata, Software Engineering, Unstructured Data, Data Ingestion, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Generative AI, Data Strategy, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines - **Published:** May 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g331qg ## About the Role + Architect enterprise-scale GenAI data platforms for ingestion, transformation, enrichment, and serving of structured and unstructured data + Design scalable pipelines for enterprise knowledge ingestion from diverse data sources including documents, SaaS platforms, knowledge bases, collaboration tools, and databases + Define architecture for metadata extraction, chunking, enrichment, embeddings generation, and knowledge preparation workflows + Design AI-ready data models and storage strategies for vector, graph, and hybrid knowledge systems + Architect scalable unstructured data processing pipelines for text, images, PDFs, tables, and multimodal content Who You Are (Success Profile) + You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what's needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution. + You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact. + You lead with integrity. You do the right thing, even when it's hard. You hold yourself and others to a high standard of accountability and build trust by matching your words with consistent, transparent action. + You think at scale. You connect your day-to-day work to the larger company mission and think globally. You build solutions, processes, and teams that are not just effective today but are built to last and support a high-growth, global organization. + You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback-knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust., + Expert-level Python programming and software engineering capabilities + Experience building distributed/scalable data pipelines for AI workloads + Strong understanding of unstructured data extraction and processing pipelines + Experience with vector databases, graph databases, and metadata/knowledge storage systems + Hands-on experience with clustering, entity recognition algorithms, and modern retrieval strategies (including RAG, search, and agentic AI workflows) What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications) + Deep understanding of AI-ready data platform design principles and the ability to bridge platform/data engineering with GenAI/LLM application requirements + Experience with LLMOps / GenAIOps frameworks such as LangSmith, Evaluation Framework like Arize Phoenix, Weights & Biases, or MLflow + Familiarity with Agent Frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, or Google ADK ## Description We are looking for a Principal GenAI Data Engineer to join our IT Data Strategy team. This role is fully remote within the US, reporting to the Senior Manager, Enterprise AI Data Platform. We are seeking an experienced technical leader to drive the design and implementation of enterprise-grade Generative AI data ingestion, knowledge preparation, and platform architectures that enable scalable, production-ready GenAI applications. This role focuses on architecting robust pipelines and platforms for ingesting, processing, governing, and serving structured and unstructured enterprise data for AI/LLM workloads. 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