Capstone IT Staffing is seeking an experienced AI and Data Engineer to design and deploy AI-driven solutions and enterprise data integrations. This role involves applied machine learning, AI agent development, and hands-on data engineering within a governed enterprise environment.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and deploy classification models and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) chat agents
- Design prompts, retrieval strategies, tool orchestration, and evaluation frameworks
- Implement guardrails aligned with enterprise AI governance and security requirements
- Monitor and report model performance (accuracy, latency, cost, reliability)
- Build and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines
- Extract and transform semi-structured data (JSON) from OpenPages via API into Snowflake-compatible formats
- Load data into Snowflake using CLI utilities or AWS S3 staging
- Integrate enterprise systems including Teradata, DB2, Oracle, CRM platforms, ticketing systems, and internal/external APIs
- Support CI/CD processes and deployment standards across environments
- Produce architecture diagrams, data flow documentation, and technical artifacts required for review processes
- Participate in security, architecture, and open-source approval workflows
- Contribute to monitoring, deployment procedures, and operational documentation
- Collaborate through code reviews, pull requests, and Agile ceremonies (JIRA/Confluence)
Requirements:
- Experience building and operationalizing machine learning models and AI agents in production environments
- Strong Snowflake and enterprise data engineering experience
- Proficiency in SQL and Python and Java
- Experience working with APIs and semi-structured data (JSON)
- Experience operating within regulated or governance-driven enterprise environments
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar field
- 8+ years of experience as a Java or Python Developer in an enterprise level environment
- Familiarity with Teradata, DB2, Oracle, and OpenPages preferred