The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Mercedes-Benz is hiring a Data Engineer in Knoxville, TN.

• Role description

  Between the demo that wows and the system that survives sits the Data Engineer we're recruiting in Knoxville, and Mercedes-Benz pays $51,000 - $68,000 for the difference. What makes this Mercedes-Benz role different is the ownership; the $51,000 - $68,000 and remote hours are just the entry fee.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Catch the purpose-soaked Collaboration regression in staging before it ever reaches Knoxville customers
  • Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles
  • Refactor the technology module Mercedes-Benz has been afraid to touch
  • Apply Collaboration and Large Language Models to solve playfully-serious engineering challenges
  • Keep the technology Keras service humming through Knoxville's holiday traffic surge
  • Cut Keras cold-start times so Mercedes-Benz functions wake before TN users notice

  What You'll Bring

  • Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
  • The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
  • Comfort with a Mercedes-Benz pace that rarely sits still
  • The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
  • 1 or more years steering technology projects end to end
  • The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly

  Mercedes-Benz is a fiercely-supportive company in Knoxville, TN that turns complex technology problems into simple, elegant solutions. We default to documenting decisions so TN and remote teammates stay equally in the loop.

  The bottom line: $51,000 - $68,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Data Engineer role that grows as fast as you do.

  Candidates are being contacted promptly as part of our active search.

  Bring your MLflow expertise to Mercedes-Benz and apply this week.

• Required skills

  • Hadoop
  • Natural Language Processing
  • R
  • NumPy
  • Keras
  • Looker
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • MLOps
  • Large Language Models
  • MLflow
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Collaboration
  • Flexibility

• Benefits & perks

  • Medical insurance with low premiums
  • Career transition support
  • HSA investment options
  • Childcare subsidies
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Company Car
  • Childcare Assistance
  • Remote Work
  • International assignment opportunities
  • Massage Therapy

• Apply before 2026-09-09

  Submit your application for this Remote technology position.