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RAG ingestion & retrieval pipeline
Ingest documents, transform them, structure metadata, and keep retrieval systems current and trustworthy.
Role overview
What an Eventum Data Engineer does
At Eventum, Data Engineers build the data foundation behind our clients' AI systems: ingestion pipelines, ETL, warehouses, event models, retrieval data flows, and the operational plumbing that makes model and application layers usable.
This is the role we hire for when your bottleneck is not the model itself, but the quality, movement, structure, or availability of the data the system depends on.
Typical use cases
Typical use cases002
ML / AI data pipelines
Build the batch and streaming flows that feed training, evaluation, analytics, and production inference.
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Event model & warehouse design
Create the schemas, transformations, and orchestration needed to support product intelligence and downstream ML systems.
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AI application data integration
Connect data sources, APIs, internal systems, and operational signals into a usable data layer for AI products.
Key skills
ETL / ELT and pipeline design
Warehouse and event-model architecture
Batch and streaming workflows
Retrieval-friendly data preparation
Data quality, lineage, and maintainability
Orchestration frameworks and scheduling
SQL + Python + production data tooling
Integration thinking across systems, APIs, and downstream ML requirements
Testimonials
Trusted by teams who ship AI to production.
Founders, CTOs and product leads on what changed after Eventum matched them with the right AI specialist.
“Eventum helped us go from stuck to cutting edge in a matter of months, rewriting our entire ML training stack and continually supporting our R&D efforts.”
Kevin JacobsVP Data Science, Deepcell“Eventum came in and quenched our MLOps fire in quick order ensuring our ML Scientists could make rapid progress. We then immediately hired them to help build us a generative AI audio model from scratch”
Shawn ZhangCTO / Founder, Sanas"Eventum built and managed our ML team, models, and software from the ground up at below market rates delivering incredible results. They are an essential partner for us that I couldn’t recommend more highly."
Jim BenedettoCAO, PLAI Labs
Why hire through Eventum
Why hire through Eventum
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Built for AI-adjacent data work
These are not generic analytics hires. We focus on data engineers who can support AI products, ML systems, and retrieval-heavy architectures.
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Strong backend and infra overlap
The best candidates can move across data, services, and operational systems when needed.
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High leverage for AI teams
A great data engineer often removes the bottleneck that keeps the whole AI roadmap from moving.
Oleg H.
Senior Data Engineer · 9 yrsBuilt AI-ready data pipelines for retrieval, analytics, and ML workflows. Experienced with ingestion, orchestration, warehouses, data quality, vector stores, and production data dependencies.
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Results
Rebuilt document-ingestion pipelines that improved retrieval freshness from weekly to near real-time.
Previously Worked at:
Michael R.
Data Platform Engineer · 11 yrsLed data infrastructure for ML, analytics, and operational workflows at growth-stage companies. Strong in ETL, streaming, warehousing, governance, feature pipelines, and data reliability.
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Results
Reduced pipeline failures by 63% after implementing data-quality checks and orchestration improvements.
Previously Worked at:
The client didn't need “AI talent” — they needed engineers who could actually deliver the data layer.
A growing AI systems consultancy needed senior engineers who could handle backend systems, data pipelines, production infrastructure, and client-facing execution in a fast-moving delivery environment. Eventum focused on engineering maturity rather than narrow specialization and delivered a strong shortlist of high-signal candidates. The client hired two senior engineers, both of whom strengthened delivery capacity across backend-, data-, and infrastructure-heavy work.
- Two senior engineering hires through Eventum
- Strong fit across backend, data, and infrastructure requirements
- Immediate increase in delivery capacity for AI systems projects
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