Business Support Services / Experienced / Senior Associate
Sr. Associate, Data Engineering & AI
; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Antonio, TX; Short Hills, NJ; Shreveport, LA; St Louis, MO; Tallahassee, FL; Tampa, FL; Tempe, AZ; Virginia Beach, VA; Winston-Salem, NC
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Experienced
Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking a Sr Associate, Data Engineering & AI to join our Digital Nexus technology team.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and manage the full lifecycle of scalable data pipelines and orchestration processes ingesting data into Azure Data Lake
- Design and deploy enterprise GenAI applications, intelligent automation systems, and agentic workflows to drive delivery transformation
- Build advanced LLM-based systems leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and vector search for context-aware reasoning
- Develop high-performance AI pipelines across Databricks, Azure AI Foundry, and Google Vertex AI using Python and PySpark to integrate structured and unstructured data
- Architect dynamic, multi-agent systems (using LangChain/LangGraph) and build reusable Python frameworks for complex multi-step reasoning and tool usage
- Establish best practices for AI system evaluation, monitoring, governance, and continuous improvement using feedback loops and human-in-the-loop validation
- Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
Qualifications:
- Minimum three years of full systems development lifecycle (SDLC) experience in software engineering, data engineering, or AI/ML roles
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; High School diploma or GED required
- Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and Azure technologies (ADF, ADB, Key Vault), with deep knowledge of Databricks, PySpark, and enterprise data management
- Proven experience with modern LLM tooling (LangChain, LangGraph, vector databases) and deploying stateful/agentic workflows on cloud AI platforms (Azure AI Foundry, Vertex AI)
- Excellent analytical, communication, and Agile project management skills, with the ability to foster high-performance teams and collaborate across all organizational levels