> The Role of a Data Engineer on a Team is Complementary and Defined By The Tasks That Others Don’t (Want To) Do (Well) Those types of tasks are also often not

> The Role of a Data Engineer on a Team is Complementary and Defined By The Tasks That Others Don’t (Want To) Do (Well) Those types of tasks are also often not recognized or rewarded by management, despite being a hugely critical part of the system. I believe the incorrect hiring of scientists who are often strong in terms of core theory or number of papers published but have no clue about building real production ML systems is a huge organizational problem, often causing ML teams to fail to deliver any real value.