AI Data Lead

AI Data Lead

$180,000 - $200,000 | New York (Remote) | Full-Time

Deeprec.ai is proud to announce our partnership with a leading AI Compliance company. They use a modern tech stack to help companies stay on track with laws and regulations worldwide. This remote AI Data Lead role will enable you to join A forward-thinking engineering culture that embraces AI tools as practical productivity accelerators and innovation enablers.

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end Client & AI Data Vault, from ingestion to AI retrieval.
• Build and scale vector databases and RAG infrastructure in production.
• Prototype chunking and embedding strategies using real client data and AI coding tools.
• Develop parsers for complex documents including PDFs, DOCX, spreadsheets, and scans.
• Design data models connecting client content to regulatory concepts and gap analysis.
• Maintain high standards for data quality, performance, testing, and engineering practices.

Requirements

• Production experience with vector databases (e.g. Qdrant, Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), including tuning for performance and recall
• Experience building chunking and embedding pipelines for complex documents
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills in production systems
• Experience extracting data from PDFs, DOCX, and scanned documents (incl. OCR/layout-aware parsing)
• Strong Python plus at least one systems-level language
• Experience with Azure (preferred) or AWS/GCP, CI/CD, and containers
• Hands-on experience with RAG or hybrid retrieval systems
• Effective use of AI coding assistants in development workflows
• Proven track record of shipping production AI or data systems

What will make you great

• Experience with multi-tenant data architectures and isolation patterns
• Experience with Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or similar search engines
• Background in NLP, information extraction, or document understanding
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems
• Experience in regulated industries with strict audit and versioning requirements
• Contributions to open-source retrieval, embedding, or parsing tools

What You’ll Get?

• Join a small, high-impact AI team where the data layer is a core product enabler, not backend plumbing
• Direct access to leadership with fast feedback loops and real influence on architecture
• AI-first culture that treats tools as productivity multipliers
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and flexible working
• Opportunity to build the core data foundation of a fast-scaling compliance intelligence platform