Lead Data Engineer at AI property operations startup

<strong>This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers.<br><br></strong>She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network.<br><br>The next step is to speak to Jack.<br><br><strong>Job Title<br><br></strong>Lead Data Engineer<br><br><strong>Salary<br><br></strong>Not Disclosed<br><br><strong>Company Description<br><br></strong>AI property operations startup automating the £33B property management market<br><br><strong>Job Description<br><br></strong>As the first senior data hire, you will architect the production infrastructure powering a sophisticated AI agent. You'll build the real-time pipelines and dynamic data layers that allow the LLM to query live tenancy records and maintenance history, directly determining the automation rate of a platform already managing over 14,000 units.<br><br><strong>Location<br><br></strong>London, UK<br><br><strong>Why this role is remarkable<br><br></strong><ul><li>Lead a greenfield opportunity as the foundational data hire, reporting directly to a Head of Engineering who previously built a 140-person data department through a $35M Series B.</li><li>Impact a high-growth startup already closing major enterprise deals and scaling toward significant revenue in a massive, underserved UK market.</li><li>Work at the cutting edge of AI, moving beyond static knowledge bases to build a dynamic, real-time world model for autonomous property agents.<br><br></li></ul><strong>What You Will Do<br><br></strong><ul><li>Architect and maintain real-time data pipelines (Kafka/Debezium) integrating with major property management systems like Alto, MRI, and Reapit.</li><li>Design and implement scalable infrastructure for vector search, retrieval (RAG), and data modeling for both structured records and unstructured document extraction.</li><li>Define the AI data contracts and schemas that serve as the world model for the LLM layer, ensuring production-grade reliability and uptime.<br><br></li></ul><strong>The ideal candidate<br><br></strong><ul><li>Has 7+ years of experience in data or backend engineering, with a proven track record of building production systems that AI/ML models depend on.</li><li>Proficiency in Python and SQL, with deep experience in relational databases (PostgreSQL), NoSQL, and modern orchestration tools like Airflow or Spark.</li><li>Possesses a reliability-first mindset and experience in high-growth startups, comfortable building from scratch and navigating the ambiguity of early-stage environments.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Who are Jack & Jill?<br><br></strong>Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.<br><br>And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.<br><br><strong>Next steps<br><br></strong>Step 1. Visit the job listing.<br><br>Step 2. Click <strong>'Talk to Jack'</strong>, or go straight there: https://www.jackandjill.ai/jobs/lead-data-engineer-at-ai-property-operations-startup-bae57bf3-7654-4568-9f78-a31ed25e20e4?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=job_post&utm_campaign=featured_role_bae57bf3-7654-4568-9f78-a31ed25e20e4<br><br>Step 3. Talk to Jack so he can understand your experience and ambitions.<br><br>Step 4. Jack will make sure Jill (the AI agent working for the company) considers you for this role.<br><br>Step 5. If Jill thinks you're a great fit and her client wants to meet you, they will make the introduction.<br><br>Step 6. If not, Jack will find you excellent alternatives. All for free.<br><br><strong>We never post fake jobs<br><br></strong>This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network.<br><br>Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description.<br><br>We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it.<br><br>Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.<br><br>

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