LOS ANGELES DATA & AI RECRUITMENT
OVERVIEW
Harnham Data Recruitment specialises in finding the best Data & AI professionals for companies in Los Angeles. We have a large network of both clients and candidates that we work with to fill data roles in the Los Angeles area.
Also, our team of experienced recruiters is incredibly well-versed in their markets so they will make sure to help companies find the perfect candidates for their Data & AI roles. Additionally, Harnham offers advice and guidance designed to help companies navigate the Data & AI Recruitment process.
Part of this comes in the form of the industry insights we provide, such as an annual salary guide and diversity guide, which we publish in order to assist companies in making the best hiring decisions they can. Our Data & AI Staffing Team in Los Angeles is dedicated to making the right decision for your businessÂ
DATA & AI RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING
HOW WE DO IT
Just like the Data & AI professionals we place, Harnham use tried and tested models in our recruitment processes.
By gaining valuable market knowledge across a range of industries and regions, Harnham is able to provide a service which is second to none within our marketplace.
We have seen unprecedented growth in our specialist sector and always have a wide range of vacancies at both junior and senior level including AI jobs, Data Science jobs, Data Analyst jobs, and Big Data jobs, all available throughout the UK, France, United States, and the Netherlands
WHAT SETS US APART FROM OTHER LOS ANGELES DATA & AI RECRUITMENT AGENCIES?
Harnham Data Recruitment stands out from other agencies in Los Angeles due to the excellent standard of customer service we maintain and by providing a unique, tailored solution to each client’s hiring needs.
Harnham has a team of experienced Data & AI Recruiters who specialize in Data and AI, so we can quickly identify the best candidates for each role. Not only that but we provide insights based on research into the industry in order to make sure our clients make the best possible hiring decisions.Â
Additionally, Harnham also has an extensive network of Data and AI professionals in Los Angeles to ensure the most qualified candidates are found for our clients. Whatever the data role, rest assured, our Data & AI Staffing Los Angeles has you covered.Â
JOBS
LATEST LOS ANGELES
DATA & AI JOBS
Harnham are a specialist Data & AI recruitment business with teams that only focus on niche areas.
Senior Data Platform Engineer
Los Angeles
$160000 - $200000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLos Angeles, California
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Senior Data Platform Engineer
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $160-200k base
We’re partnering with a fast-scaling, mission-driven advanced technology company building complex software and hardware systems deployed in real-world environments. Their platform processes and operationalizes high-volume data to power critical decision-making across the organization.
They are hiring a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and scale the core data infrastructure that supports company-wide operations.
The Role
As a Senior Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will:
- Design and build scalable data pipelines and transformation frameworks
- Own ingestion and egress systems that unify multiple operational data sources
- Develop reliable, secure data models that power internal data products and applications
- Partner with engineering, product, and operations to translate business needs into production-grade systems
- Advocate for best practices across testing, CI/CD, data modeling, and security
- Debug and optimize complex transformation pipelines in production environments
What They’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or backend engineering
- Strong programming skills in Python or similar languages
- Experience with Spark, PySpark, SQL, and dbt
- Familiarity with large-scale data platforms and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with containerization and modern deployment practices
- Ability to operate autonomously in fast-moving environments
- Strong ownership mindset and attention to security best practices
- Must be a U.S. Person due to export-controlled information requirements
This is a high-impact role focused on building durable data systems that directly support operational execution at scale.

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Senior Analytics Engineer
Los Angeles
$150000 - $200000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLos Angeles, California
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Senior Analytics Engineer
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)
Salary: $150-200k base
We’re partnering with a rapidly scaling, mission-focused advanced technology company operating at the intersection of AI, hardware, and large-scale systems. Their software platform aggregates and operationalizes complex, real-time data to power critical decision-making in high-stakes environments.
As the company continues to grow, they are hiring a Senior Analytics Engineer to help architect and scale the core data foundation of the business.
The Opportunity
You will design and implement the core data models that represent how the organization operates across functions such as Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, People, and Operations. These models will power internal applications, workflows, and metrics used by leadership to run the business.
You’ll sit at the intersection of analytics, engineering, and operations, helping build a scalable “digital twin” of a fast-moving, technically complex organization.
What You’ll Do
- Define and develop domain-level data models that reflect real business operations
- Build secure, scalable, and extensible transformations and data pipelines
- Own ingestion and egress frameworks across multiple source systems
- Contribute to architectural decisions and roadmap direction for the data platform
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations stakeholders
- Translate ambiguous business questions into structured, production-grade data systems
- Drive adoption of self-serve data applications beyond traditional BI
What They’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or highly technical analytics roles
- Advanced SQL skills and strong experience with Python or similar languages
- Demonstrated success building scalable, reusable data models in fast-paced environments
- Experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Redshift, and BI platforms; exposure to enterprise data platforms is a plus
- High degree of ownership and comfort operating autonomously
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner with non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
This is a high-impact opportunity to shape foundational data systems inside a company solving complex, real-world problems at scale. If you’re excited by building data applications that influence how an organization operates, click apply to learn more.

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Director of AI
Los Angeles
$230000 - $400000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLos Angeles, California
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Senior AI/ML Engineer – Foundation Models & Agentic AI
Life Sciences AI | Biotech / Therapeutics / Computational Biology
What You’ll Work On
- Develop and train proprietary foundation models on multi-omics data (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics)
- Design novel algorithms to integrate and differentiate across omics modalities
- Own the full training pipeline: data ingestion, tokenization, pretraining, and evaluation
- Push the state of the art – we are building models that do not exist yet
Agentic AI for Life Sciences
- Build and deploy AI agents that assist researchers across therapeutic development, computational chemistry, and biology
- Design multi-agent architectures using LangChain, LangGraph, and custom orchestration layers
- Integrate agents with internal databases, experimental systems, and third-party scientific tools
- Develop agentic workflows for use cases in cosmetics R&D, drug discovery, and clinical analysis
Production ML Infrastructure
- Own model deployment, scaling, and serving infrastructure
- Optimize inference using NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM, Dynamo, Triton, and related tooling
- Partner with software engineering on integration into our broader platform
- Maintain reliability, performance, and observability across deployed models
What We’re Looking For
Required
- Strong hands-on ML/AI engineering experience – you write real code, not just direct others
- Deep proficiency in Python and PyTorch – this is non-negotiable
- Experience training, fine-tuning, and deploying foundation models from scratch or from pretrained checkpoints
- Familiarity with the Hugging Face ecosystem (Transformers, Datasets, PEFT, Accelerate)
- Experience with LangChain and/or LangGraph for agentic pipeline development
- Working knowledge of the NVIDIA stack: TensorRT-LLM, Triton Inference Server, Dynamo
- Comfort with large-scale distributed training tools: DeepSpeed, xFormers
- Strong understanding of state-of-the-art model architectures (transformers, SSMs, diffusion, etc.)
- Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams – bio, chem, software, clinical
- Excellent communication skills – you can explain a training run to a chemist
Strongly Preferred
- Experience with omics data (any modality: genomic, proteomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic)
- Background in computational biology, computational chemistry, or bioinformatics
- Prior work in biotech, pharma, or life sciences AI (not required but a plus)
- Experience building or contributing to multi-agent systems in a production environment
- Track record of independent research or open-source contributions in ML
Technical Skills Summary
Core ML / Training
- PyTorch – primary framework
- DeepSpeed – distributed training and ZeRO optimization
- xFormers – memory-efficient attention and transformer components
- Hugging Face Transformers, PEFT, Accelerate
- Training and fine-tuning large language and multimodal models
Inference & Deployment
- NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM – high-performance LLM inference
- NVIDIA Dynamo – inference orchestration and scheduling
- Triton Inference Server – model serving and batching
- Model quantization, distillation, and latency optimization
Agentic & Orchestration
- LangChain / LangGraph – agent design and multi-agent orchestration
- Tool-use, RAG pipelines, and memory systems
- API and system integration across scientific data sources

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Senior Backend Engineer
Los Angeles
$200000 - $220000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLos Angeles, California
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Senior Backend Engineer
Los Angeles or San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) | Full-Time | Confidential Client
The Opportunity
We’re partnering exclusively with a pre-IPO AI technology unicorn approaching its Series D. The company builds AI-powered consumer experiences at massive scale, sitting at the intersection of real-time AI inference, interactive media, and high-throughput compute. With a clear pathway to widespread consumer adoption, this is a rare opportunity to join a high-caliber engineering team ahead of a significant liquidity event.
About the Role
The team is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who can operate across two distinct but complementary challenges. The first is building the reliable service layer that powers the product with clean APIs, authentication, microservices, and data models. The second is engineering the high-compute orchestration layer that drives AI-generated output at scale: coordinating complex multi-stage inference pipelines, managing GPU resources, and moving large model artifacts efficiently. Strong CS fundamentals, deep concurrency experience, and the ability to own work from design to deployment are essential. This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design and build backend services, APIs, and microservices powering core product functionality
- Own authentication flows, data models, and service-to-service communication patterns
- Architect and implement orchestration systems for multi-step, high-compute pipelines end to end
- Manage GPU cluster scaling and resource allocation to support real-time, high-throughput workloads
- Optimize data movement and model artifact delivery at scale
- Extend internal observability tooling and integrate with Datadog and custom monitoring systems
- Collaborate with ML and infrastructure teams to improve pipeline reliability and latency
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and cloud resource management (Kubernetes, ECS, Terraform)
- Drive technical design, code review, and architectural decisions across backend systems
- Mentor engineers and raise the bar on engineering quality and clarity
What They’re Looking For
- 3+ years of backend engineering experience building real production systems
- Deep, substantive proficiency in TypeScript, Go, or Python applied to backend services and APIs
- Strong grasp of web fundamentals: HTTP, networking, how browsers and services communicate
- Solid concurrency experience thread safety, resource management, scaling concurrent workloads
- Experience designing and building microservices and service-oriented architectures
- Hands-on experience with REST and/or gRPC service design
- Some exposure to infrastructure orchestration with Kubernetes, ECS, or similar
- Ability to take a high-level design brief and independently drive it to production
- Strong communicator who can clearly articulate trade-offs and gaps in their own systems
- Familiarity with GPU cluster management or ML inference infrastructure
- Experience orchestrating heavy-compute or multi-stage compute pipelines
- Hands-on with Terraform or infrastructure-as-code at scale
- Exposure to Datadog, distributed tracing, or custom observability tooling
- Background in high-throughput, latency-sensitive consumer-scale systems

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Senior Backend Engineer
Los Angeles
$180000 - $220000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLos Angeles, California
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Senior Backend Engineer – Los Angeles (Hybrid) – $175,000 – $215,000
We’re building advanced avatar and AI companion technology that powers the next era of interactive digital identity. Our platform enables developers and creators to build game‑ready AI characters, personalized digital assets, and rich real‑time experiences. If you’re passionate about high‑performance backend systems, AI‑driven products, and solving complex engineering challenges, this role is for you.
What You’ll Do
- Build and maintain backend microservices powering mobile and web experiences
- Design and develop large‑scale ML infrastructure and compute‑heavy systems
- Architect and optimize real‑time pipelines for reliability, performance, and scale
- Develop backend applications that integrate ML models and data workflows
- Improve automation, testing, CI/CD, security, and deployment practices
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams on roadmaps and requirements
- Contribute to architectural decisions, code reviews, and team mentorship
What You Bring
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Python or Golang
- Experience building or supporting ML systems and high‑compute workloads
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
- Background with AWS or GCP, REST APIs, microservices, NoSQL/SQL databases
- Familiarity with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, caching, event‑driven architecture
- A proactive, collaborative, and creative engineering mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
What We Offer
- Competitive equity packages
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO + company holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
- Hybrid work structure (LA-based, 4 days onsite)
- Modern, creative office environment
- Strong culture of ownership, growth, and innovation
Our Culture
A fast‑growing, well‑funded startup that values curiosity, creativity, and thoughtful engineering. You’ll have the autonomy to shape systems from the ground up, influence technical direction, and work alongside people who love solving big, meaningful problems.
Interested?
If you’re excited about building scalable backend systems that power next‑generation AI and digital identity experiences, we’d love to connect.
Apply or message directly to learn more.

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