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# Senior AI/ML Data Platform Engineer job

- **Company:** System Soft
- **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Architectural Patterns, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, BigQuery, Data as a Services, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Vault Modeling, Data Flow Control, Information Extraction, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Metadata Repositories, Operational Databases, Query Optimization, Data Mesh, Search Technologies, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Azure Data Factory, Large Language Models, Snowflake, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Data Lineage, Apache Flink, AWS Glue, Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming, Data Management, Api Design, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Amazon Redshift, Databricks
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.diversity.com/career/2530923/senior-ai-ml-data-platform-engineer

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in data engineering, ML engineering, or data platform development, including 2+ years designing or operating production data products or data services.
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field master's degree preferred.
 * Expert-level SQL and strong Python programming skills.
 * Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP data platforms, including Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, BigQuery, Dataflow, Databricks, or Snowflake.
 * Production experience with Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Flink, or Spark Structured Streaming.
 * Strong understanding of data modeling and architecture patterns, including data vault, lakehouse, and data mesh.
 * Experience with data quality frameworks, data catalogs, data lineage, API design, data contracts, and event-driven architectures.
 * Experience integrating ML models into data pipelines or developing AI-powered data services.
 * Experience with data access controls, attribute-level masking, audit logging, and governance.
 * Strong architectural leadership, technical documentation, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred Experience:

 * Data mesh, federated data architecture, and enterprise data product initiatives.
 * LLM applications for text-to-SQL, document extraction, semantic search, and automated enrichment.
 * Government, public sector, or highly regulated environments.
 * Data privacy and security requirements, including PII protection, CJIS, HIPAA, and IRS Publication 1075, where applicable.
 * NIST AI Risk Management Framework and responsible AI practices.
 * Data platform FinOps, cloud cost attribution, storage tiering, and query optimization.

## Description

The Senior AI/ML Data Platform Engineer will lead the architecture, development, and continuous improvement of shared enterprise data products and AI-enabled data services. The role focuses on scalable data platforms, real-time streaming, data quality, governance, API design, and integration of AI/ML capabilities into data workflows.