Description
Zencargo is looking for an AI Data Engineer to join our collaborative and forward thinking software team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping how we use data to power intelligent agents and generative AI features, bringing structure, stability, and context to real-world supply chain problems.
You bridge the gap between data systems and intelligent agents, enabling the Zencargo team to move from clever prompts to stable, contextualised AI features. We’re looking for someone who understands the data context for AI, feeds models intelligently, and brings structure and reliability to AI outputs. We are committed to your growth and will provide mentorship and opportunities to develop your skills in a supportive environment.
Key Responsibilities
Over the next 12 months, we would expect you to become proficient in the following:
- Data Solutions and AI context engineering
- Translate complex business processes and workflows into structured, logical input that agents and models can understand.
- Design, build, and deploy Python solutions that enhance our data products and bring new AI capabilities to the team.
- Ensure the correct datasets are used to power model inputs, prompt context, and agent memory.
- Implement systems to validate, test, and monitor AI outputs, improving stability over time.
- Support on ensuring data security, governance, and compliance within the cloud environment.
- Data Pipelines
- Design and build data foundations for AI use cases, focusing on providing reliable, relevant, and timely data context to models and agents.
- Curate, structure, and maintain databases and datasets optimised for AI consumption.
- Design and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to transform and prepare data.
- Maintain and optimise SQL-based transformations and data models to ensure accuracy and performance.
- Solutions Lifecycle
- Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues, improving data flow efficiency and performance.
- Evaluate and recommend improvements in our data tools, architecture, and practices, focusing on long-term scalability and adaptability.
- Collaboration
- Act as a bridge between data and AI, ensuring models operate on trusted, structured, and semantically rich data.
- Work cross-functionally with the Lead Data Engineer, AI & Automation engineers, and product stakeholders.
- Collaborate with analysts and operations experts to align datasets and AI capabilities with business logic and user needs.
What You Will Need
- Soft Skills
- You have a willingness to constantly learn and stay curious, continuously educating yourself on new technologies, tools, and best practices in data and AI.
- You enjoy working collaboratively with engineers, analysts, and product teams to bring clarity and structure to complex data problems.
- You thrive in team environments, are open to feedback, and communicate well with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- You are passionate about solving both business and technical problems with a strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
- You are self-motivated and able to take the initiative to tackle incoming challenges.
- You work effectively under time constraints and can manage competing priorities.
- Technical Skills
- Experience in a role focused on data structuring, transformation, and visualisation.
- Python skills, particularly for scripting, data manipulation, and integrating with AI tools and APIs.
- Experience in optimising SQL queries and managing complex datasets.
- Comfortable using version control tools such as Git to collaborate and maintain clean code practices.
- Nice to have
- An understanding of data warehouse concepts and experience in data modelling, designing and building data warehouses.
- Familiarity with data modelling and designing data structures that support both analytics and AI/LLM use cases.
- An understanding of how to select, structure, and feed datasets into LLMs and AI agents.
- Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines, including orchestration and automation.
You are not expected to be an expert in all of these technologies and tools, we are happy to support your learning journey, whether you are new in this field or a recent graduate with 1-2 years experience. If you're unsure about any of the above but looking to grow and develop in the AI space, please apply.
Zencargo is a digital-first freight forwarder & logistics provider. Our platform allows customers to book, maintain and keep track of their international freight as well as use analytics to drive intelligent supply chain decisions that help their businesses thrive.
Whilst shipping is a complex trillion-dollar industry, you might be surprised to know that many of the processes that could be simplified with technology are currently done over the phone, by fax and email or even jotted down on scraps of paper
Our services include ocean, air and rail freight as well as trucking and cargo insurance. We deliver significant time, paper and financial savings to our customers offering instant quoting, easy booking and an online dashboard to give them 360 degree, 24/7 visibility on their shipments. Shippers and their counterparts collaborate to oversee their logistics on Zencargo and all their supply chain data is stored together in the cloud making business analytics easier than ever.
At Zencargo, we believe that technology can simplify logistical complexity and tear down barriers to trade. Automating trade and logistics operations and providing access to data and analysis will help companies to trade smarter and more efficiently, freeing businesses to concentrate on key outcomes. Only by combining human endeavour and technology, can we build smarter supply chains that know no borders.
Life at Zencargo
What’s in it for me?
- Zencargo is where you come to do something you're passionate about, and learn new things. We are in scale mode at Zencargo and we work to realistic growth targets and metrics. You will thrive here if you enjoy working in a scaling environment. As we grow we want you to grow with us.
- At Zencargo there is a huge opportunity to build your experience and grow your career. We want you to be part of the team for a long time to come, and we will focus on helping you get to where you want to be. We all have dreams and aspirations. As part of the Zencargo team, we ask you to deliver your optimum work and help us create real value for our customers and teams.
Work, Life and Balance
At Zencargo, we work hard! We do, however, realise that you have family, friends, interests and life outside the world of work. As a scaling business, we constantly evolve our reward and benefits approach.
Here are some highlights!
United Kingdom
- Generous Annual Leave
- Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Working
- Home Equipment Allowance
- BUPA Private Medical Insurance
- Annual L&D Budget
- Paid Volunteering Days
- Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay
Netherlands
- 33 days paid holiday annually, including statutory Dutch national public holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Working
- Home Equipment Allowance
- Annual L&D Budget
- Paid Volunteering Days
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay
United States
- 33 days paid holiday annually, pro rata, including national public holidays and Veteran’s Day
- Home Equipment Allowance
- 401K Pension Scheme
- Private healthcare scheme
- Annual L&D Budget
- Paid Volunteering Days
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave & Pay
United States
Our Vision, Mission and Values
Zencargo is a company driven by ourVision, Mission and Values. We conduct values interviews as part of our recruitment process to ensure we are able to hire top talent that embodies concepts that align with our core values and beliefs.
Our Zencargo Vision- "A world with smarter trade"
Our Zencargo Mission- "To make customers' supply chain their competitive advantage"
Our Zencargo Values
- We Learn Fast and Grow
- We Build Trust
- We Take Ownership
- We Deliver Outcomes
A Fair Chance
Every role in the Zencargo team is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the superpowers and potential of everyone, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other difference that makes you, you.
More than just encouraging your application, we're committed to conscious inclusion that (we hope and intend) cultivates an environment of belonging.
We open our doors to those who share these motivations.
