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# Data Engineer - Unstructured Data / LLMs

- **Company:** Analytic Recruiting Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Python (Programming Language), Operational Databases, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** May 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.analyticrecruiting.com/job-details.aspx?title=Senior+Data+Engineer+-+Unstructured+Data+%2f+LLMs&keywords=Python%2c+data+pipelines%2c+dbt%2c+(Airflow+or+Dagster)%2c+startup+or+reputable+company%3a+Meta%2fPalantir&jobid=24989

## About the Role

* 4+ years of experience building production data pipelines
 * Experience with law firm data
 * Strong Python and SQL skills
 * Experience with ETL/ELT, OCR, and document extraction tooling
 * Familiarity with RAG, semantic search, vector databases, and AI-assisted extraction workflows
 * Experience handling large, messy, or external/regulatory datasets
 * Comfortable working autonomously in fast-paced environments
 * Bachelor's degree in CS, Data Science, or related field preferred

Preferred:

 * Startup experience
 * Experience with AI-enabled products or retrieval systems

Keywords: Python, data pipelines, dbt, (Airflow or Dagster), startup or reputable company: Meta/Palantir

## Description

* Design and maintain scalable production data pipelines
 * Ingest, clean, and structure large unstructured datasets
 * Build OCR, PDF parsing, and document extraction workflows
 * Develop semantic search and LLM-assisted retrieval systems
 * Improve pipeline reliability, performance, and scalability
 * Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams


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