Senior Data Engineer

Description Home Search Jobs Job Description Senior Data Engineer Contract: New York City, New York, US Salary Range: 60.00 - 120.00 | Per Hour Job Code: 372028 End Date: 2026-10-31 Days Left: 29 days, 3 hours left Apply Position Title: Senior Data Engineer (Multiple positions) Location : Atlanta,GA / Boston,MA/Chicago,IL/New Jersey/New York City/Raleigh,NC/San Francisco,CA/Washington DC Contract Length: 12-18 Months (Strong Likelihood of Extension) Start Date: ASAP About the Role For Role 1: Multiple positions A hands-on engineering role responsible for building the data foundations that support client's LLM, retrieval, and agentic AI solutions. This is the execution-focused version of the Senior Data Engineer role without workstream leadership responsibilities. For Role 2: Multiple positions Own the data engineering workstream supporting McKinsey's GenAI and agentic AI client solutions across industries including government, defense, aerospace, utilities, and oil & gas Design and build scalable data architectures and pipelines supporting Machine Learning, GenAI, and agentic AI solutions. Deliver end-to-end RAG implementations, including: Embeddings Vector databases Context construction Output processing Build MLOps and LLMOps platforms: CI/CD for data and models Model observability Automated retraining Agent evaluation frameworks Implement data security and governance controls: PII/PHI protection Authentication RBAC Lead feature engineering initiatives. Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance. Required Qualifications 6+ years of data engineering experience with workstream ownership. Expert-level Python and SQL skills. Experience with Java or Scala as needed by client environments. Hands-on experience with Databricks or Snowflake (program requirement). Strong expertise in: Apache Spark Airflow, Dagster, or Kedro Lang Chain Production GenAI or agentic AI experience: RAG Embeddings Vector search Terraform experience. Hands-on experience with Multi-Cloud Strong API development experience. Preferred Qualifications LLMOps and agent evaluation tools: LangSmith Opik Langfuse AI coding assistants: Cursor Claude Code Codex Client-facing consulting experience. Experience working with senior business stakeholders. About Us Collabera is a leading Digital Solutions company providing software engineering solutions to the world's most tech-forward organizations. With more than 25 years of experience, we have hired over 17000 employees across 60+ offices globally and currently place 10000+ professionals annually to support critical IT engagements at more than 500 client sites, 80% being the Fortune 500 Job Requirement Data Engineering Terraform python langchain agentic ai llm Reach Out to a Recruiter Recruiter Email Phone Ashutosh Joshi View email address on click.appcast.io Apply Now Collabera