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title: 'Contract AI Data Engineer at Jet Support Services, Inc.'
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# Contract AI Data Engineer at Jet Support Services, Inc.

- **Company:** Jet Support Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/jetsupport/154759ba-a379-4862-b54b-aa3396873e4c

## Job description

## About JSSI

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Chicago, Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) is the largest independent provider of hourly cost maintenance programs for business aviation. JSSI delivers comprehensive coverage for engines, airframes, and auxiliary power units (APUs) across more than 300 different aircraft makes and models, helping owners and operators stabilize maintenance budgets, maximize aircraft availability, and protect asset value throughout the lifecycle of ownership.   JSSI has built a portfolio of complementary business lines designed to simplify the economic and technical complexity of business aviation; these include Maintenance teams, Traxxall maintenance tracking software, Parts & Engines, Conklin aircraft cost and performance data, and Aviation Capital asset-based financing solutions. Together, these offerings support owners, operators, and maintenance providers with integrated tools spanning ownership and maintenance planning, execution, and financial management.   With more than 6,500 aircraft supported through programs and software platforms, JSSI leverages its unique independence, unmatched scale, and data-driven insight to deliver customized solutions and support models aligned to the interests of each client — regardless of aircraft platform. JSSI is backed by leading institutional investors GTCR, Genstar Capital, and Blackstone. Learn more at jetsupport.com.

JSSI is building an AI-first data platform, and the AI Data Engineer is the person who builds and owns it. You are the platform owner — responsible for the pipelines, the lakehouse, and the governed datasets that make AI and analytics possible across every JSSI business unit. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role. You will design and build the data infrastructure that AI agents depend on, ensure data quality and governance are production-grade, and work at the intersection of data engineering and AI delivery. You will use Claude Code to build pipelines against JSSI standards and be a core part of how the organization accelerates.

## Responsibilities

Own the data platform

- Own Bronze / Silver / Gold pipelines in Microsoft Fabric and OneLake
- Model governed semantic layers; serve Power BI via Direct Lake
- Ingest business-unit data into Fabric & Azure SQL with quality and lineage controls
- Enforce data governance, security, and PII handling aligned to Entra ID
- Expose curated datasets to AI agents through approved MCP servers only
- Use Claude Code to build pipelines against JSSI standards; review and validate all AI-generated code before it ships
- Orchestrate, monitor, and optimize pipelines for reliability, performance, and Fabric capacity (CU) cost
- Manage Git-based version control and Fabric deployment pipelines across dev / test / prod

Support reporting and ad-hoc requests

- Handle ad-hoc requests (report enhancements and fixes, and dataset enhancements and fixes) across Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
- Build and maintain paginated (operational) reports
- Write, debug, and tune SQL for reporting, data investigation, and fixes
- Use Claude Code to investigate and diagnose platform, data-quality, and reporting issues, tracing root cause across pipelines, lake house tables, and semantic models before drafting a validated fix
- Support and optimize Power BI semantic models and DAX for downstream consumers

## Requirements

Required

- Hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse architecture and OneLake
- Proficiency with Bronze / Silver / Gold medallion architecture and semantic layer modeling
- Experience with Azure SQL, ADLS Gen2, and data ingestion across multiple source systems
- Understanding of data governance, security, and PII handling practices, including Entra ID alignment
- Experience exposing data products via APIs or MCP-style interfaces for downstream AI or analytics consumption
- Active use of AI coding tools (such as Claude Code) as part of your development workflow — not aspirational, but current practice

Strongly preferred

- Experience building data infrastructure specifically to support AI agents, ML models, or agentic pipelines
- Familiarity with Power BI and Direct Lake connectivity
- Experience working within engineering standards, documentation-first workflows, and structured code review practices
- Exposure to MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers or similar AI data access patterns

Not required

- People management experience — this is an individual contributor role
- Aviation or MRO domain knowledge — curiosity and the ability to learn the business context matters more than knowing it on day one

## WHO THRIVES IN THIS ROLE

This role is a great fit for someone who takes genuine ownership of data infrastructure — not just someone who builds pipelines when tickets arrive, but someone who thinks about the platform as a product with real consumers. You are already using AI tools to write and ship code faster. You care about data quality as a first principle, not a nice-to-have. And you want to be part of building something that directly enables the AI-first future of a company, not supporting a legacy stack.

JSSI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.

JSSI does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team.

## About Jet Support Services, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: JSSI is the leading independent provider of aircraft maintenance support, parts procurement, and financial services for business aviation, supporting over 30% of the global business jet fleet.
- **Entity Type**: Private (privately held; last funding: $1B corporate round, December 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Founded**: 1989
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Business aviation support services (maintenance, parts, financing, software)
- **Target customers**: Aircraft owners, operators, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) businesses worldwide (B2B)
- **Mission**: To simplify the complexities of aircraft maintenance and financing through innovation, flexibility, scale, and customer advocacy.

## Products & Services
- **Hourly Cost Maintenance (HCM) Programs**: OEM-agnostic maintenance coverage for engines, airframes, and auxiliary power units (APUs), providing cost predictability and residual value protection.
- **Maintenance Tracking Software**: Traxxall and AviatorMX – platforms to track maintenance events, compliance, and records.
- **Parts & Engines**: Intelligent parts sourcing, flexible engine and APU rentals, and rotable programs.
- **Conklin**: Benchmarking, pre-purchase inspections, appraisals, and maintenance records review.
- **Aviation Capital**: Tailored aircraft financing arrangements, operational leases, and purchase closing support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of USD $1B (corporate round on 2024-12-10 led by Blackstone Group); supports 6,500+ aircraft across 120+ countries.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Blackstone Group, Genstar Capital, GTCR (private equity investors)
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid growth through acquisitions (Conklin, Traxxall, AviatorMX, Aviation Capital); 573 employees with +0.2% monthly headcount growth; 22 active job postings (+175% quarterly increase in job postings)

## Competitive Advantages
- **OEM-agnostic independence**: Not tied to any aircraft manufacturer, so their recommendations are unbiased and flexible.
- **Scale**: Supports over 30% of the global business jet fleet, giving them deep data and supplier leverage.
- **Full lifecycle support**: From acquisition financing to maintenance, parts, and eventual teardown – a single partner for the entire aircraft ownership journey.
- **Global technical network**: Dedicated support in 120+ countries with decades of technical expertise.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue integrating complementary business lines (maintenance, parts, software, financing) to create a seamless end-to-end ownership experience.
- Expand through strategic acquisitions and partnerships (e.g., agreements with GTCR, Genstar, Blackstone).
- Invest in digital tools (AviatorMX, Traxxall) to improve fleet management and data analytics for operators.
- Grow international presence and CSR initiatives (scholarships, community support, medical access programs).

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid work model**: For Chicago‑based roles, employees work onsite three days per week, with pre‑tax commuter benefits for parking and transit.
- **Flexible Time Off (FTO)**: No set limit on vacation; trust‑based policy.
- **Parental leave**: 14‑16 weeks fully paid for birthing parents; 8 weeks paid for all other new parents.
- **Retirement**: 401(k) with employer match of 75% on up to 6% of eligible earnings.
- **Health & wellness**: Competitive health coverage and industry‑leading benefits.
- **Growth culture**: Opportunities for learning, advancement, and contribution to a global team; internship program with strong conversion to full‑time (20+ hires).
- **Engineering & Data Culture**: Open roles include Director of Data Engineering, AI Solution Architect, and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, indicating investment in modern tech stack.

## Sources
1. [JSSI About Page](https://jetsupport.com/about/)
2. [JSSI Careers Page](https://jetsupport.com/careers/)
3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/jetsupportservices)
4. [PitchBook Company Profile](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/12680-74)
5. [JSSI Job Openings (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/jetsupport)

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