Sr. Agentic AI​/Automation Engineer

$69.5 - $76.16

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Sr. Agentic AI/Automation Engineer in Charlotte, NC / Irving, TX (Onsite).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 6 Months

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

• 4+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education

• 2+ years of experience working with Generative AI, large language models, or foundation models

• 2+ years of experience with either GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, or Open Shift

• 2+ years of experience with Python

• 2+ years of experience with REST API development and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

• 2+ years of experience using Git for source code version control, including branching, pull requests, and collaborative development workflows

• Understanding of cloud security principles including identity and access management, encryption, and network security in public or hybrid cloud environments

• Experience working in highly regulated industries such as financial services

• Experience as a technical lead or architect, including mentoring senior engineers

• Experience integrating or contributing to open source AI or ML projects

• Experience integrating applications with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and secure data pipelines

• Strong communication and documentation skills to collaborate across engineering, product, and oversight teams

• Experience with Power Platform, including Power Apps and Dataverse

• Experience with UiPath or other enterprise automation tools

• Experience with LLM development using OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini models

• Experience with agentic frameworks and AI workflow orchestration

• Experience designing applications that incorporate retrieval augmented generation, fine tuning, and structured prompting

• Experience with vector databases and retrieval systems such as Elasticsearch, Open Search, Pinecone, or Weaviate

• Experience with LLM evaluation, observability, and monitoring including latency, cost, accuracy, grounding, drift detection, and safety assessments

• Familiarity with ML lifecycle tools and processes such as feature stores, model registries, and CI or CD pipelines for AI services

• Familiarity with responsible AI principles, compliance, and governance processes related to AI systems in regulated environments

• Experience optimizing AI application performance including prompt efficiency, model selection, caching, batching, and cost management

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical engineering environments

• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies across Consumer Technology

• Design, code, test, debug, and document applications and services including upgrades and deployments

• Review technical challenges that require in depth evaluation of technologies, procedures, and engineering approaches

• Resolve moderately complex issues while guiding teams to meet existing and emerging business needs

• Collaborate with peers, colleagues, and mid level managers to resolve technical challenges and meet project goals

• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, providing direction to less experienced engineers

• Design, develop, and deploy AI applications using enterprise APIs, LLMs, agent frameworks, and related technologies

• Implement prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation, fine tuning, and agentic design patterns

• Integrate LLM models with existing enterprise systems and ensure that AI solutions meet governance, security, and compliance standards

• Troubleshoot complex application and model related issues and contribute to the continuous improvement of AI systems

• Assist and mentor engineers in advanced software development and AI engineering practices

• Stay informed of advancements in AI, LLMs, and agent frameworks and apply relevant updates to products and systems

• Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Software Engineering.

• Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale or longer-term Software Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors.

• Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements…