Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. KDR Talent Solutions is a leading business and technology consultancy that helps enterprise organizations modernize their data, analytics, and AI capabilities. They are seeking a Director of Data Engineering & AI to lead client engagements, drive business development, and shape the future direction of their AI-enabled data engineering practice.

Responsibilities

• Leading enterprise data modernization and AI transformation engagements across multiple industries
• Driving business development activities, including opportunity creation, proposal development, and client relationship management
• Architecting modern data platforms that support AI, machine learning, and Generative AI use cases
• Advising clients on data governance, data quality, AI infrastructure readiness, and cloud transformation strategies
• Building AI-enabled data engineering capabilities, frameworks, accelerators, and reusable assets
• Driving innovation around emerging technologies including RAG, agentic workflows, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks
• Leading multidisciplinary consulting teams while maintaining strong executive-level client relationships
• Managing project delivery, financial performance, and overall engagement success

Skills

• 10+ years of client-facing consulting experience across technology, data, and analytics engagements
• Deep expertise in Databricks, Snowflake, GCP, or similar modern data platform technologies
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms that support AI and machine learning workloads
• Strong understanding of AI-focused data architecture, including real-time data pipelines, feature engineering, vector databases, semantic search, and unstructured data processing
• Experience delivering cloud-native data engineering solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments
• Familiarity with MLOps, LLMOps, data governance, observability, and enterprise AI operationalization
• Demonstrated success developing client relationships and generating new consulting opportunities
• Experience leading complex consulting engagements and managing executive stakeholder relationships
• Industry expertise within Healthcare, Banking, Insurance, Utilities, Private Equity, or related sectors is highly desirable

Benefits

• Bonus
• ESOP
• Benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Comprehensive benefits

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