Data Engineer, AI Platforms

OpenVPN Inc.

full-time

Posted on: 9/3/2025

Location: Arizona, California, Colorado • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $130,000 - $140,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

AirflowApacheBigQueryCloudDockerGoJavaKafkaPerlPHPPostgresPythonSaltStackSQL

About the role

Design, build, and optimize robust, scalable data pipelines, leading the migration from legacy systems to a modern, AI-centric platform.
Evolve 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 development of agentic systems.
Partner with BI developers and analysts to design highly efficient queries and unlock insights.
Champion data governance and compliance to ensure secure and trustworthy data handling.
Modernize historical data flows to AI-driven workflows and scale the data ecosystem for future demands.

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.
Bonus: Experience with Google's VertexAI platform.
Bonus: Proficiency in Go.
Bonus: Familiarity with dbt and airflow.
Bonus: Familiarity with event-streaming platforms like Apache Kafka.
Bonus: Real time streaming analytics experience.
Bonus: Experience with containerization (Docker) and serverless compute (Google Cloud Run).
Bonus: Experience with Perl or PHP is a plus.
Willingness/ability to be legally authorized to work in the United States (application question asks about authorization).