Senior AI & Data Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm.&nbsp; Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity.&nbsp; We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.</p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Job Overview:</strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We are looking for a hands-on AI &amp; Data Engineer with 6+ years of overall experience to accelerate the delivery of AI-driven analytics for front-office trading teams.&nbsp;This role is ideal for an experienced consultant who thrives in fast‑paced trading environments, can work independently, and is comfortable owning solutions end‑to‑end—from rapid prototyping to production‑hardened delivery.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> Bangalore (Hybrid)</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>&nbsp;Mandatory Skills:</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong, hands‑on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Advanced expertise in PySpark and SQL.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proven data engineering consulting experience (ingestion, modeling, performance).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Solid foundation in statistics, econometrics, and time‑series analysis.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Practical experience delivering LLM‑based or AI analytics solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience working in trading, financial services, or commodity markets is highly preferred.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Comfortable operating independently in a delivery‑oriented role.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key Skills:</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Data Engineering (Databricks &amp; Azure)</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build and optimize scalable, reusable data pipelines using:</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PySpark / Spark SQL</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Delta Lake and Unity Catalog</span></li> </ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ingest and process live/streaming and batch market data.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ensure high performance, cost efficiency, data quality, and reliability.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Apply best practices for data modelling, partitioning, and performance tuningPreferred </span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;<strong>LLM &amp; Agentic AI Implementation</strong></span></p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Implement LLM‑based analytics workflows, including:</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Prompt engineering</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agent orchestration using LangGraph</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tool calling and API integrations (MCP or similar)</span></li> </ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Integrate AI workflows with market data, analytics services, and internal tools.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Apply guardrails, logging, and observability to AI solutions.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.</p> <p>Candidate Privacy Policy</p> <p>Orion Systems Integrators, LLC and its subsidiaries and its affiliates (collectively, “Orion,” “we” or “us”) are committed to protecting your privacy. 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