Sr AI Data Engineer (Cloud)

Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite) | Contract

Overview

Our client is seeking a Sr AI Data Engineer to join its Data Engineering team, building ingestion and transformation pipelines and GenAI-enabled workflows on Snowflake and AWS, and packaging them as Snowflake Native Apps.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines in Snowflake and AWS
• Develop GenAI-enabled workflows using Snowflake Cortex AI or an equivalent production LLM platform, including structured extraction from free text at scale
• Package solutions as Snowflake Native Apps using the Native App Framework and Snowpark
• Implement ML/LLM observability, evaluation design, and drift monitoring
• Define and track data quality and model quality KPIs
• Build CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code for pipeline deployment
• Support production rollout, documentation, and handoff to operations teams
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience, including 5+ years in data engineering and 2+ years of hands-on GenAI application development
• Advanced Snowflake: SQL, Tasks/Streams, stored procedures, performance tuning
• Snowflake Cortex AI or equivalent production LLM platform
• Snowflake Native App Framework / Snowpark
• AWS: S3, Lambda, Glue, Step Functions, DynamoDB, EC2, CloudFormation, Kinesis
• Production-grade Python
• CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins) and IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• ML/LLM observability (Arize or comparable), evaluation design, and drift monitoring
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Hospitality, customer profile, or personalization domain experience
• Human-in-the-loop and taxonomy-driven classification
• Customer data privacy and compliance
• Snowflake governance (RBAC, masking, row access policies)
• Prompt regression testing, Snowpark Container Services, Windows task automation scripting
• AWS and/or Snowflake certifications
  
  
  

Pay rate: $80/hr. This is a 6-month contract position, onsite in Chicago, IL. Candidates must be Green Card, H1B, H4 EAD, L2 EAD, OPT, TN, US Citizen, or E3.

About Us

Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.

For more than 28 years, PTP has operated as one of the top IT staffing and recruiting firms in the USA—built on trust, long-term partnerships, and technical excellence.

Based in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, IL, our team of more than 500 employees and consultants is dedicated to:

• Helping every client make the best hiring decisions possible
• Matching professionals with the right IT jobs and career opportunities
  
  
  

As part of that commitment, we believe in providing clear information about how our hiring technologies work and how your data is used. The following section outlines our AI-assisted interview process and your rights as a candidate.

AI-Assisted Interview Experience (Pete & Gabi – Rebecca):

To provide a consistent, fair, and flexible experience for all candidates, we use AI-assisted tools to support parts of the interview process. This includes our proprietary AI platform Pete & Gabi, which includes AI recruiter Rebecca.

These AI hiring tools help us:

• Conduct recorded video interviews
• Transcribe interviews
• Summarize candidate responses
• Generate job-related insights
• Streamline communication and scheduling
  
  
  

Please note that:

• The AI does NOT make hiring decisions; all decisions are made by our human recruiters, hiring managers, or client partners.
• The AI does not evaluate facial expressions, emotions, or physical traits; it is used only to support fairness, consistency, and efficiency.
  
  
  

If you prefer a non-AI interview format, we will gladly provide an alternative.

Technical or Case Interviews (Role-Dependent): −

When applying for certain tech jobs, you may participate in:

• A technical interview
• A coding challenge
• A case study
• A client-specific assessment
  
  
  

We will always explain what to expect in advance so you can prepare with confidence.

Human Review & Selection: +

Every candidate’s profile—including interviews, conversations, and assessments—is reviewed by experienced recruiters and hiring leaders.

AI insights may assist with organization and evaluation, but final decisions are always human-driven.

Your Rights as a Candidate: +

At PTP, every candidate has the right to:

• Request a non-AI interview path
• Ask how your data is being used
• Request access to transcripts or interview recordings
• Request deletion of your AI-recorded interview
• Receive clear, timely communication
  
  
  

Our goal is to ensure you feel respected, informed, and supported throughout your experience.

Our Commitment: +

For more than 28 years, PTP has focused on putting people first—candidates, consultants, employees, and clients.

We’re committed to a hiring process that is:

• Transparent
• Compliant
• Equitable
• Powered by innovative technology that enhances—not replaces—human judgment
  
  
  

Welcome to the future of hiring at Peterson Technology Partners.

We’re excited to learn more about you.

Equal Employment Opportunity: +

Peterson Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.