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Job Description

Shield AI is building a governed, dependable data foundation that supports Finance planning, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. As a Data Engineer, Finance, you will focus on reusable Databricks integrations, semantic-layer infrastructure, and production data services that help power analytics and intelligent Finance workflows. This onsite role is based in San Diego, CA.

Compensation for the position is USD 97,000 - 140,000 per year.

Benefits

  • Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Pay within the range listed, plus bonus and benefits and equity
  • Pay within the range listed above with a temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate scalable pipelines and integrations connecting enterprise data to Finance products.
  • Develop semantic-layer infrastructure and governed data access for analytics, planning, and AI applications.
  • Set up end-to-end pipeline observability, including data-quality controls and resilient operational practices.
  • Engineer the services and integrations that support Databricks Genie and other AI-enabled Finance workflows.
  • Use AI coding assistants to accelerate delivery while validating correctness, security, and performance.
  • Apply FinOps practices to manage platform spend and optimize cost without reducing service quality.
  • Partner with analytics engineers and enterprise teams on architecture, data contracts, and sustainable ownership.

Requirements

  • Hands-on production data engineering experience using SQL and Python or PySpark.
  • Experience with cloud data platforms, orchestration, data modeling, and governed serving patterns.
  • Ability to design for observability, recoverability, security, and maintainability.
  • Proficiency with AI coding assistants and the ability to independently validate generated work.
  • Practical experience enabling AI capabilities on enterprise data, ideally in Databricks; experience with Snowflake Cortex or comparable platforms is welcome.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and production ownership.

Technologies

  • Databricks
  • SQL
  • Python
  • PySpark
  • Snowflake Cortex
  • Databricks Genie
  • Delta Lake

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation.
  • Experience building AI application backends, model integrations, or LLM-based workflows.
  • Experience with FinOps, financial data, or enterprise-system integrations.

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