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The Hertz Corporation Principal Data AI Engineer in Jamaica, New York
A Day in the Life:
The Principal Data AI Engineer will be a blended data and AI engineering role responsible for both building and maintaining data pipelines/workflows as well as developing algorithms to enable process automation for data and analytic software products. This individual will act as the technical lead for a team of engineers, data scientists, data analysts, software developers and business SMEs to deliver new and exciting products and services. The main objectives are to provide technical leadership in the development of data pipelines and fully automated workflows to drive operational efficiency and effectiveness for data-driven decisions across the company. This includes fostering collaboration, building partnerships, co-developing products, sharing knowledge, providing insights and valuable predictive information to business teams and leaders to highlight potential risks and opportunities that initiate the drive for change.
The starting salary for this role is $170K; commensurate with experience
What You'll Do:
Building, optimizing, and automating data pipelines in both cloud and on-premise infrastructure
Data acquisition, data ingestion, data cleansing, data transformation, and data migration
Improving data integrity and quality and implementing modern solutions and frameworks to streamline existing processes
Identify trends in datasets and develop workflows and help with streaming analytics to take advantage of raw data flows
Curate rich datasets and prepare data for predictive and prescriptive modeling
Ensure data sets are thoroughly tested before release to production environments
Strive for engineering excellence by simplifying, optimizing, and automating processes and workflows
Develop algorithms to enable machines to perform tasks without explicit instructions
Create models for visual recognition, processing of natural language that analyze complex data to make predictions or decisions, mimicking human intelligence
Identify the most effective model architecture and parameters to drive accuracy and performance
Mentor data engineers, scientists and analysts in best practices
What We're Looking for:
A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or related field
Master’s degree strongly preferred
Minimum of 15 years hands-on experience in a data engineering, data product development, data science or related roles
Minimum of 5 years of technical team leadership or management experience
Minimum 2 years of intensive experience with data lakes and cloud computing, preferably on the AWS cloud platform
Profound grasp of machine learning, neural networks, large language models and/or advanced algorithms
Demonstrated experience in algorithm selection, model training, fine-tuning performance and implementation in data products
Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills with a proven record for identifying and diagnosing problems, and solving complex problems with simple, logical solutions
Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate technical and non-technical issues and concepts to multiple organization levels
Preferred
Strong expertise with modern data lake tools such as Databricks or PySpark
Experience with event driven architectures and data streaming pub/sub technologies such as Kafka and Amazon Kinesis
Strong capabilities in languages such as Python, R, Scala or Java
Agile/Scrum experience
What You'll get:
40% off any standard Hertz Rental
Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental & Vision plan options
Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching
Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program for employees & family
Educational Reimbursement & Discounts
Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness
Perks & Discounts –Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more
The Hertz Corporation operates the Hertz, Dollar Car Rental, Thrifty Car Rental brands in approximately 9,700 corporate and franchisee locations throughout North America, Europe, The Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The Hertz Corporation is one of the largest worldwide airport general use vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of the most recognized in the world.
US EEO STATEMENT
At Hertz, we champion and celebrate a culture of diversity and inclusion. We take affirmative steps to promote employment and advancement opportunities. The endless variety of perspectives, experiences, skills and talents that our employees invest in their work every day represent a significant part of our culture – and our success and reputation as a company.
Individuals are encouraged to apply for positions because of the characteristics that make them unique.
EOE, including disability/veteran
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