Data Engineer Lead with Gen AI (Only W2) (Expect H1B))

NOTE: Need only W2 (Any Visa Except H1B) Please share relevant profiles to Ranjit@cloudingest.com Job Role/Title: Data engineer Lead with Gen AI Contract- 12 Months Location: Berkeley heights NJ or Alpharetta GA-(Only Local) Job Descriptio • nThis team will be working on a data + machine learning platform focused on building recommendation systems and advanced analytics using large-scale merchant datasets • .The goal is not to hire traditional ETL-focused engineers or pure data scientists. Instead, we’re targeting hybrid Data Engineers who can • :Build scalable data pipelines and data model • sWork hands-on with Pytho • nDevelop or integrate machine learning models and inference workflow • sContribute to MLOps pipelines (deployment, monitoring, lifecycle • )Our environment is AWS-centric, and relevant experience is important, particularly • :AWS (S3, Glue, SageMaker, ECS/Fargate • )Working with data platforms like Snowflak • eBuilding data pipelines and ML workflows end-to-en • dThe team will be working on use cases such as • :Building merchant-level analytical datasets and feature pipeline • sPerforming feature engineering and model-ready dataset creatio • nDeveloping recommendation systems (e.g., nearest neighbor, ML-based models • )Supporting model training, evaluation, and inference pipelines in AWS (SageMaker/ECS )At a high level • :The Engineers will execute across data pipelines, feature engineering, and ML integratio • nWithin the pod, we expect a mix of strengths (some stronger in ML, others in core data engineering • )We’ve also included Agentic/LLM-based experience as a “nice-to-have”, not a requirement—this helps future-proof the team without narrowing the candidate pool too much • .Key profile we’re targeting • :Data Engineers who can move beyond pipelines and help build systems that generate insights and drive recommendations from dat a