We are looking for Data Engineer in Austin,TX Day1 onsite Full time -$120-130k per annum based on the year of experience Subcon Rate - 70-75$ based on the years of experience - No layers are accepted We're seeking a Data Engineer to take the lead in implementing and scaling data collection, storage, processing, and filtering for fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) within Conversational Engineering. These data pipelines are crucial for powering our cutting-edge research, safety systems, and product development. If you're passionate about working with data and are eager to create solutions that directly impact the advancement of LLMs, we'd love to hear from you. This role provides the exciting opportunity to collaborate closely with applied ML engineers, software engineers, and data scientists that create our AI systems today. In this role, you will: • Design, build, and manage scalable data pipelines for collecting, storing, processing, and filtering large volumes of text data for fine-tuning LLMs. • Develop and optimize data storage architectures to handle the massive scale of data required for training state-of-the-art language models. • Implement efficient data preprocessing, cleaning, and feature extraction techniques to ensure high-quality data for model training. • Collaborate with machine learning engineers and researchers to understand their data requirements and provide tailored solutions for LLM fine-tuning. • Design and implement robust and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion, processing, and delivery. • Optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, leveraging distributed computing frameworks and cloud platforms. • Ensure the security, privacy, and compliance of data according to industry best practices and regulatory requirements. You might thrive in this role if you: • Have 7+ years of experience as a data engineer, with a strong background in designing and building large-scale data pipelines. • Possess deep expertise in distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Flink, and have hands-on experience optimizing data processing at scale. • Are proficient in programming languages commonly used in data engineering, such as Python, and have a solid understanding of data structures and algorithms. • Have extensive experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure for data storage, processing, and management. • Are well-versed in various data storage technologies, including distributed file systems (e.g., HDFS, S3), databases (e.g., Cassandra, HBase), and data warehouses (e.g., Redshift, BigQuery). • Have hands-on experience with ETL orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect for managing complex data workflows. • Possess knowledge of natural language processing (NLP) techniques and have worked with text data preprocessing, normalization, and feature extraction. • Are passionate about staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in data engineering and NLP, and are eager to apply innovative techniques to solve challenging problems. • Have strong problem-solving skills, are detail-oriented, and can effectiv MUST to have Skills - Python Pyspark Bigdata SQL Data engineering