AI, Data Engineer

Tern

AI & Data Engineer responsible for building and maintaining data systems behind Tern's AI capabilities. Contributing to the development of trustworthy AI features for the travel industry.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $145,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ETLRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and ship the systems behind Tern's AI features
Build the evaluation systems that answer whether an AI feature is good enough to ship and good enough to keep
Own data quality as a first-class concern
Build and maintain the ETL systems
Work alongside product squads to build reporting

Requirements

What you’ll need

Production AI/ML experience
Evals as engineering
Data pipeline and service ownership
High agency
Bonus points for experience with Ruby on Rails, LLM evaluation, and MCP-based tooling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Equity
Benefits package

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Hard Skills & Tools

AIMLETLdata pipelineRuby on RailsLLM evaluationMCP-based tooling

Soft Skills

high agency