AI Data Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies • Aurora, IL

3d • $80,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an AI Data Engineer to build and operate large-scale data systems that power AI training and evaluation pipelines. The role combines data engineering expertise with an understanding of AI workloads, including data ingestion, transformation, quality assurance, lineage, and high-throughput delivery to training jobs across diverse modalities. The ideal candidate has experience operating petabyte-scale data systems, strong software engineering fundamentals, and an understanding of how data infrastructure choices affect model quality and training efficiency.

This is a full-time, direct W2 position that is 100% remote within the United States. The salary range is $80,000–$100,000 annually. Candidates eligible to apply include U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and H-1B transfer candidates; the company cannot sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Six or more years of data engineering experience, with significant work supporting ML or AI workloads.
• Strong proficiency in Python and at least one JVM or systems language.
• Deep experience with modern data processing frameworks such as Spark, Ray, or Beam.
• Hands-on experience operating petabyte-scale storage and pipeline systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, data modeling, and storage formats.
• Experience with dataset versioning, lineage, and reproducibility for ML workflows.
• Familiarity with high-throughput data loading for accelerator-based training.
• Strong software engineering practices, including testing, CI/CD, and code review.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with multimodal datasets at large scale.
• Familiarity with data quality tooling and dataset evaluation methodology.
• Exposure to privacy-preserving data systems and regulated data handling.
• Open-source contributions to data infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting frontier model training pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate large-scale data systems supporting AI training and evaluation pipelines.
• Handle data ingestion, transformation, quality assurance, lineage, and high-throughput delivery to training jobs across diverse modalities.
• Support ML or AI workloads using petabyte-scale storage and pipeline systems.
• Enable dataset versioning, lineage, and reproducibility for ML workflows.
• Support high-throughput data loading for accelerator-based training.
• Apply software engineering practices including testing, CI/CD, and code review.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively across functions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level