Systems Ltd is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer – Data Management to Make enterprise data and knowledge usable by AI — build AI-ready data products, knowledge graphs, and retrieval infrastructure that every other practice depends on.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Build AI-ready data pipelines and data products that other practices can consume directly
Design and build knowledge graphs and semantic layers that structure enterprise knowledge for AI consumption
Own vector and retrieval infrastructure (embeddings, indexes, hybrid search) shared across GenAI and ML practices
Run data quality assessment and remediation specifically for AI/ML consumption, not just BI
Own knowledge engineering — taxonomy, ontology, and ingestion pipelines for enterprise knowledge sources
Partner with GenAI Engineers, Data Scientists, and AI Architects to expose curated data/knowledge as reusable assets
Explain the difference between BI-grade and AI-grade data quality to non-technical stakeholders
Act as a shared upstream dependency for multiple practices — manage competing requests
Document data/knowledge assets clearly enough for self-service reuse
REQUIREMENTS & SKILLS
5–10+ yrs data engineering, with 2+ yrs building AI-ready data products specifically
Solid in knowledge graph technologies (Neo4j, RDF/SPARQL, or similar) and semantic/ontology modeling
Experience with vector/retrieval infrastructure (embeddings, ANN indexes, hybrid search)
Solid data pipeline engineering (Spark, dbt, Airflow, or similar) and data quality frameworks
Familiarity with enterprise data governance and lineage tooling
Can explain the difference between BI-grade and AI-grade data quality to a non-technical stakeholder
Collaborates closely with GenAI Engineers, Data Scientists, and AI Architects as a shared upstream dependency
Prioritizes competing requests from multiple practices fairly and transparently
Documents clearly enough that other teams can self-serve without hand-holding
Success metrics: data/knowledge
📌 Forward Deployed Engineer (India)
🏢 Systems
📍 India