AI Data Engineer

What's the role?

We are looking for an AI Data Engineer to join Marketing & Sales Data Infrastructure team.

In this role, you'll be working on use case driven by the AI Accelerator team.

In the age of Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Model Context Protocols (MCP), the Data Engineer plays a pivotal role in enabling intelligent systems to reason, act, and adapt based on rich, contextual data.

You will build and maintain high-performance data pipelines and context-aware data systems that fuel autonomous agents and LLMs with precision, relevance, and scale.

This role requires a blend of traditional data engineering expertise with a deep understanding of how data is consumed by AI agents through protocols like MCP, enabling dynamic context injection, memory retrieval, and real-time adaptation.

You will collaborate closely with our existing Data Engineering teams and in-house Data Scientists, acting as a bridge between data sources and the advanced analytics and AI solutions being built.

What You'll do

• Data Preparation & Transformation: Clean, structure, and optimize datasets; build pipelines to ingest and serve trustworthy data for AI/ML applications.
• GenAI Optimization: Develop pipelines for GenAI use cases like RAG, fine-tuning, and prompt enrichment.
• Contextual Data Engineering: Build systems supporting Model Context Protocols for dynamic context injection into LLMs and agents.
• Data Governance & Documentation: Ensure compliance and data quality through contracts, lineage tracking, and clear documentation.
• Collaboration & Partnership: Work with Data Scientists and Engineering teams to align infrastructure with AI needs and strategies.
• Optimization & Scalability: Build scalable systems for large AI workloads and contribute to infrastructure decisions.

What You'll Bring

At least 5 years of experience in Data Engineering including contribution to GenAI projects

Fluency in English (required for our international environment).

Hard Skills

• Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, and distributed data frameworks.
• Fluency in using AI coding assistant like GitHub copilot, Claude code, Amazon Q developer, …
• Experience with GenAI infrastructure (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG pipelines).
• Familiarity with MCP concepts and context management for LLMs.
• Hands-on experience with vector databases
• Knowledge of data mesh, data contracts, and modern governance practices.
• Familiar with cloud-native data platforms (e.g., AWS and Azure).

Soft Skills

• Clear, concise communication with Data engineers, Data scientist, Product owner, and Data stakeholders.
• Pragmatic mindset: balances engineering rigor with delivery.
• Ownership: pushes features from design through production with measurable outcomes.

What's In It for You

At HDMS, Hilti Digital Marketing Services, you'll thrive in a dynamic, internationally-minded environment where diverse perspectives fuel innovation and collaboration. We offer close-knit management, stimulating responsibilities, and a culture that balances autonomy with teamwork. You'll be the owner of your professional development and will have the freedom to design your own career map. Our flexible remote work policy allows you to work from home up to 50% of the time. You'll also benefit from a fully covered health insurance plan for you and your family at no cost for you, a competitive pension scheme, and an annual solidarity day to support causes that matter to you.

Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we're driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you'll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you'll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.

Does this sound like you? We look forward to your application

During your interviews, you will meet several members of the digital team including leadership. This way you get to know more about us, and we get to know more about you.

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