What are the responsibilities and job description for the AI/ML Data Engineer position at Ztek Consulting?
Job Role: AI/ML Data Engineer
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Job Description:
Must Have Technical/Functional Skill
Role Summary
- We are seeking a senior, hands-on AI/ML Engineer contractor with expert level Python skills and proven experience delivering end to end agentic AI systems to accelerate development of an enterprise AI platform on Azure Databricks.
- This role is a strong individual contributor position, requiring deep hands-on coding and ownership from design through production.
- Design and build agentic AI frameworks end to end, including planning, execution, memory, tool orchestration, and evaluation (not limited to data preparation or tool integration)
- Engineer Databricks Lakehouse / Medallion architectures (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using PySpark, Spark SQL, and Delta Lake
- Deliver ML ready datasets, feature engineering pipelines, and Feature Store implementations that unblock Data Scientists
- Own MLOps foundations using Azure ML and MLflow, including training, validation, promotion, monitoring, and retraining orchestration
- Integrate ML models and agentic AI workflows into production grade systems
- Operate confidently in PHI/PII regulated environments, enforcing security, governance, and compliance
- Scale delivery rapidly in a fast moving, scale up environment
- This role requires deep hands-on Python development, strong experience with agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Crew AI, or comparable custom implementations), and a proven record of delivering production AI systems in regulated enterprises.
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000