SQL Engineer
SME Careers · Idaho, United States · 2 wk ago
RemoteRemoteEngineeringContract
Key Responsibilities
- Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning, ensuring the models reflect a comprehensive understanding of diverse subjects.
- Evaluate and rank AI responses to enhance the model's accuracy, fluency, and contextual relevance.
- Test AI models for potential inaccuracies or biases, validating their reliability across use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related technical field.
- 7+ years of professional experience working with SQL in production environments as a Database Engineer, SQL Developer, Data Engineer, or similar role.
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL, including complex joins, window functions, aggregation strategies, and query plan analysis.
- Demonstrated experience with database performance tuning, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting concurrency or locking issues.
- Hands-on experience designing relational data models, schemas, and data warehouse structures (star and snowflake schemas).
- Strong experience with ETL/ELT processes and tooling, as well as working with large-scale data in modern cloud or on-prem data platforms.
- Minimum C1 English proficiency (written and spoken), with the ability to write clear technical explanations and follow detailed English-language guidelines.
- Comfort with version control, CI/CD practices, and collaborative workflows for managing database changes.
- Previous experience with AI data training, annotation, or evaluating AI-generated technical content is a strong plus.
- Highly detail-oriented and systematic, with a methodical approach to evaluating reasoning quality and identifying subtle data or query issues.