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Data Engineer (AI Platforms)

OpenVPN.com

Hybrid

Remote job

Full Time

Are you passionate about building the data foundations for a new generation of AI? We're looking for a skilled Data Engineer to be a major contributor to our company's intelligent future. You won't just be maintaining systems; you'll be at the heart of building, scaling, and deploying the data and AI platforms that will redefine how we deliver data solutions.

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact by transforming our data landscape and enabling cutting-edge AI and agentic workflows.

What You'Ll Do

  • Design, build, and optimize robust, scalable data pipelines, leading the migration from legacy systems to our modern, AI-centric platform.
  • Evolve our data models and schemas to better support complex analytics, AI training, and fine-tuning workloads.
  • Collaborate with AI/ML teams to productionize models, streamline training data delivery, and support the development of sophisticated agentic systems.
  • Empower the organization by partnering with BI developers and analysts to design highly efficient queries and unlock new insights.
  • Champion data governance and compliance, ensuring our data handling practices remain secure and trustworthy as we innovate.

Challenges You'Ll Help Us Tackle

  • Modernize Our Data Backbone: Lead the charge in migrating our historical data flows to cutting-edge, AI-driven workflows.
  • Shape the Future of our AI: Redesign our datasets and schemas to be well aligned for training and fine-tuning next-generation models.
  • Build the Brains of the Operation: Play an important role in the infrastructure that supports powerful, data-driven Agentic Agents.
  • Scale with Intelligence: Help us build a data ecosystem that is not only powerful today but is ready for the demands of tomorrow's AI.

Our philosophy is that we are a small, close-knit team, and we care deeply about you:

  • Competitive Pay Rates

  • Fully remote work environments
  • Self-Managed Time Off

Requirements

  • Proven experience (4+ years) in a data engineering role, with a track record of building and managing complex data systems.
  • Deep expertise in SQL and query optimization.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses and databases, specifically Google BigQuery and CloudSQL (PostgreSQL).
  • Programming experience with Python or JAVA
  • A proactive and self-motivated & managed mindset, perfect for a fully remote environment with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills; you can clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • The ability to work a flexible schedule and the readiness to respond to occasional off-hours emergencies.
  • Deep expertise in SQL and query optimization.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses and databases, specifically Google BigQuery and CloudSQL (PostgreSQL).
  • Programming experience with Python or JAVA

Bonus Points For

  • AI/ML Tooling: Experience with Google's VertexAI platform.
  • Programming Languages: Proficiency in Go.
  • DE tools : familiarity with dbt and airflow
  • Streaming Data: Familiarity with event-streaming platforms like Apache Kafka.
  • Streaming Analytics: Real time streaming analytics
  • DevOps & Infrastructure: Experience with containerization (Docker) and serverless compute (Google Cloud Run)
  • Legacy Systems: Experience with Perl or PHP is a plus.
  • AI/ML Tooling: Experience with Google's VertexAI platform.
  • Programming Languages: Proficiency in Go.
  • DE tools : familiarity with dbt and airflow
  • Streaming Data: Familiarity with event-streaming platforms like Apache Kafka.
  • Streaming Analytics: Real time streaming analytics
  • DevOps & Infrastructure: Experience with containerization (Docker) and serverless compute (Google Cloud Run)
  • Legacy Systems: Experience with Perl or PHP is a plus.

Data Engineer (AI Platforms)

Hybrid

Remote job

Full Time

October 3, 2025

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OpenVPN

OpenVPN