Data Engineer (AI)
The AI Data Engineer at inKind is a pivotal member of the development team, responsible for building and maintaining the AI-ready data foundation that powers inKind’s intelligent products, machine learning models, and large language model (LLM) applications. This role involves working across departments to design, deploy, and optimize highly available data pipelines that support analytics, machine learning training and inference, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
Key responsibilities include designing, deploying, and maintaining the company's data and AI platforms, owning architectural processes for various data models—including schemas, vector stores, and knowledge bases that support AI and LLM use cases—and designing and operating feature pipelines, embedding pipelines, and evaluation datasets for machine learning model training, fine-tuning, and continuous evaluation. The AI Data Engineer will collaborate cross-functionally with leadership, development, finance, and data science teams to convert data into understandable information and AI-ready inputs, ensuring implemented data and AI systems have relevant security, privacy, and data-governance controls, particularly concerning data flowing into and out of third-party LLM providers.
The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field, with at least 5 years of professional database development experience, preferably as a Data Engineer in a fast-paced and complex business setting. Expert-level knowledge of SQL, demonstrated experience building and maintaining reliable and scalable ETL/ELT using Snowflake, dbt, and AWS architecture, proficiency in Python and modern AI/ML tooling, and experience integrating with LLM APIs (such as Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) are essential. Strong problem-solving abilities, proactive communication skills, and the ability to stay up-to-date with new frameworks and tools in the rapidly evolving AI/ML space are also required.
inKind offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 100% employer-paid medical and dental coverage for employees, vision coverage, company-paid short-term disability, unlimited paid time off, 9 paid company holidays annually, generous parental leave and child care benefits, daily catered lunches and office snacks, credits to dine within the inKind restaurant network, and a collaborative, in-person culture based in Austin, Texas, with a dog-friendly office environment and views of downtown Austin.
Joining inKind means becoming part of a mission-driven company that connects passionate diners with exceptional restaurants across the country. With a network of thousands of restaurants and millions of users, inKind helps diners discover great places, dine confidently, and earn meaningful rewards, all while supporting the restaurants and chefs who shape the culinary landscape.