Data Engineer - System Design & AI

Bitrock is a high-end consulting and system integration company,

strongly committed to offering cutting-edge and innovative solutions

. We thrive on overcoming challenges to help our clients reach their goals, by supporting them in the following areas: Data, AI & ML Engineering; Back-end Engineering, Platform Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Product Design & UX Engineering, Mobile App Development, Quality Assurance, FinOps, GovernanceThe effectiveness our solutions also stems from

partnerships

with key technology vendors, like HashiCorp, Confluent, Lightbend, Databricks, and Meterian.

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to architect scalable distributed systems and lead the evolution of our data platform. In this role, you will treat data infrastructure as software, combining high-level

system design

with production-grade

programming

to deliver robust pipelines that support advanced analytics, machine learning, and RAG capabilities. We hire smart engineers, not just tool users.

If you have strong fundamentals in distributed systems and software engineering but haven’t used every tool in our specific stack, we still want to hear from you. We believe great engineers can learn new tools quickly.

Engineering First:

You approach data problems with a software engineering mindset, prioritizing maintainability and scalability. System Design & Architecture:

Architect end-to-end data platforms that balance latency, throughput, and cost. Advanced Software Engineering:

Write production-ready, modular

Python

code. Enforce software best practices including unit/integration testing, CI/CD, and code reviews, ensuring our data pipelines are as robust as our application code. AI & RAG Infrastructure:

Design the system topology for retrieval-based AI features. Build pipelines that ingest, chunk, and embed unstructured data, managing the flow from raw documents to Vector Search indices. Data Modeling:

Implement dimensional modeling (Star Schema) and modern table formats to ensure data quality and usability for downstream analytics. Tune SQL queries and compute jobs (e.g., Languages:

Python (Advanced/OOP), SQL. GenAI:

LLM Orchestration, Vector Databases, Embeddings. Engineering:

5+ years

in Data Engineering with a focus on building distributed systems. ~ Expert-level

Python

skills ~ GenAI Competency:

Proven experience building infrastructure for

LLMs

, working with

Vector Databases

, and semantic search. ~ System Design:

Ability to whiteboard complex data architectures and defend your technology choices.

Our recruitment process has 3 stages: You can apply via LinkedIn or send your cv to hr@fortitudegroup.it