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Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
Hybrid
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HHMI is focused on supporting and moving science forward in a variety of different ways ranging from conducting basic biomedical research, empowering educators, inspiring students, developing the next generation of scientists – even stretching into film and media production. Our Headquarters is in the greater Washington, DC metro area and is home to over 300 employees with expertise in investments, communications, digital production, biomedical sciences, and everything in between. The work housed here supports and augments the groundbreaking research conducted in HHMI labs across the nation. As HHMI scientists continue to push boundaries in laboratories and classrooms, you can be sure that your contributions while working here are making a difference.
The AI Accelerator exists to turn AI into daily reality across HHMI’s administrative and operational functions. This role builds the data-engineering foundation every AI application and knowledge layer at HHMI runs on.
The work is hands-on. This person implements the pipelines, transformation patterns, and orchestration framework that turn HHMI’s institutional content into governed, AI-ready data. They own the day-to-day execution of the data-engineering side of the AI fabric — pipeline development, medallion curation, workflow-orchestration framework, and governance implementation — under the design authority of the Principal Knowledge & Data Architect.
This role works closely with the Principal Knowledge & Data Architect (who owns the knowledge and retrieval layer’s design), the AI Developer (who consumes what this role builds), and Operations Capabilities’ Data Integration Engineer (who lands source-system data at the interface). The AI Data Engineer is the seat that connects those layers into working data flow.
HHMI’s Principal K&D Architect designs the knowledge and data foundation for institutional AI, but the foundation only comes to life when someone builds and operates the pipelines that carry data through it. Without this role, our AI systems either wait on data that isn’t ready or consume content whose quality can’t be guaranteed. This role is what makes the K&D Architect’s design real day-to-day — and it’s the same role that keeps it working over years, as content evolves and models change.
This position works on a hybrid schedule, reporting in-person three days a week to our headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
We encourage qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States to apply. Please note, we are not able to sponsor a visa for this position at this time.
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Practical Details
This role is hybrid, with three days per week in-person at HHMI’s offices in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It reports to the Director of AI Enablement. HHMI is not able to sponsor a visa for this position at this time.
Physical Requirements
Remaining in a normal seated or standing position for extended periods of time; reaching and grasping by extending hand(s) or arm(s); dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers, for example using a keyboard; communication skills using the spoken word; ability to see and hear within normal parameters; ability to move about workspace. The position requires mobility, including the ability to move materials weighing up to several pounds (such as a laptop computer or tablet).
Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this position with reasonable accommodation. Requests for reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis.
Please Note:
This job description sets forth the job’s principal duties, responsibilities, and requirements; it should not be construed as an exhaustive statement, however. Unless they begin with the word “may,” the Essential Duties and Responsibilities described above are “essential functions” of the job, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Compensation and Benefits
Our employees are compensated from a total rewards perspective in many ways for their contributions to our mission, including competitive pay, exceptional health benefits, retirement plans, time off, and a range of recognition and wellness programs. Visit our Benefits at HHMI site to learn more.
Hiring Pay Range
$128,816.80 - $161,021.00Pay Type:
Annual

The posted range reflects HHMI’s good faith estimate of the anticipated hiring salary range for this role at the time of posting. Actual hiring compensation is determined by a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and internal equity.
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