AI Data Engineer Vector Database & RAG (Remote India)

In this role, you will collaborate closely with one of our esteemed clients—a globally recognized leader in their industry, distinguished by their commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering exceptional value. As a trusted IT consulting partner, Dautom is supporting their strategic initiatives by connecting them with exceptional talent to drive business growth and transformation.

Job Role: AI Data Engineer – Vector Database & RAG

Work Location: Remote (India)

Notice Period: Immediate – 30 Days

Description:

The role will be responsible for designing, building, governing, and operating the enterprise vector database platform used across AI and GenAI use cases.

The candidate must combine:

• Hands-on vector database expertise preferably Oracle 26 AI / Milvus or any other vector database.
• Production experience building RAG solutions
• Strong data engineering fundamentals
• Understanding of AI data governance, security, lineage, and operational controls
• Ability to establish a new capability from the ground up

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage vector database architecture and retrieval services.
• Build end-to-end RAG pipelines including ingestion, chunking, embedding, indexing, and retrieval.
• Develop scalable data pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
• Implement data quality, metadata, lineage, security, and access controls.
• Optimize retrieval accuracy, performance, scalability, and operational monitoring.
• Establish governance and reusable standards for enterprise AI use cases.

Required Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience with Vector Databases (e.g., Milvus, Oracle AI Vector Search, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgVector).
• Proven experience delivering production-grade RAG solutions.
• Strong Python, SQL, and Data Engineering expertise.
• Knowledge of embeddings, semantic search, hybrid search, reranking, and LLM integration.
• Experience with APIs, CI/CD, containers, and cloud/on-prem platforms.
• Understanding of data governance, security, lineage, and audit requirements.

Preferred

• Experience in banking or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, or Airflow.
• Experience building enterprise-scale AI platforms from the ground up.

Experience

• 8+ years of total Experiance in Data & AI with 4+ years working on AI/ML data platforms, semantic search, vector databases, or GenAI solutions and 2+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying production-grade RAG solutions.

About Dautom

Dautom is a globally recognized IT consulting and technology services organization committed to enabling digital transformation through innovation, expertise, and a people-centric approach.

We partner with leading organizations across industries to accelerate business growth by delivering exceptional talent, strategic IT consulting services, and innovative technology solutions. With a strong global presence and deep industry expertise, Dautom empowers businesses to enhance operational excellence, embrace digital evolution, and achieve sustainable success.

If this opportunity aligns with your expertise and career aspirations, we invite you to share your updated resume at [Confidential Information]. Our team will be pleased to connect with suitable candidates for further discussions.