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Mindlance

Lead AI Engineer

Hybrid

Charlotte, United states

$ 85 /hour

Senior

Freelance

06-10-2025

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Skills

Python SQL Data Engineering Databases Organization Process Improvement Analytics GCP OpenAI ETL Processes

Job Specifications

Please find details for this position below:

Client: Banking/Financial Industry

Title: Lead AI Engineer / Senior Lead AI Engineer / Lead Generative AI Engineer / Data Intelligence Engineer / Lead Data Intelligence Engineer - Generative AI

Location: Charlotte, NC - Hybrid Roles

Duration: 18+ Month (s) Extend or Convert based on performances

Required Qualifications:

8+ years of Database Intelligence Engineering who has bridges data engineering with Generative AI to drive operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Engineering & Intelligence (50%):

Design and implement scalable data pipelines and ETL processes across structured and unstructured data sources.
Integrate data from various Enterprise SORs and workflow tools to create process-level visibility.
Build and maintain data models, warehouses, and lakes for analysis and reporting.
Collaborate with analysts and business teams to develop dashboards and real-time metrics.
Use SQL, Python, Vertica SQL to ensure data quality and lineage.

Gen AI & Advanced Analytics (50%):

Customize GenAI applications (using approved LLMs) for process mining, task mining summarization, anomaly detection.
Integrate organization-approved foundation models (like Llama, Google Gemini etc.) into Agentic task-based workflows.
Partner with Process Excellence and Ops teams to ideate

Required Qualifications:

5+ years in Data Engineering, Analytics, or AI-focused roles.
Experience with process mining tools (Celonis, UiPath Process Mining, etc.)
Proven experience with cloud-based data pipelines, preferably GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow) or equivalent.
Solid understanding of SQL, Python, and data transformation tools .
Exposure to or hands-on work with Generative AI, LLMs (like Llama, Google Gemini, OpenAI etc.) , or vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, FAISS).
Experience working on cross-functional process improvement initiatives using data.
Strong business acumen and ability to translate data into decisions.

Nice to Have:

Knowledge of RAG architectures and enterprise chatbots.
Familiarity with Agentic AI solutions or frameworks.

EEO:

"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.

About the Company

Founded in 1999, Mindlance is one of the largest diversity-owned staffing firms in the US and has been on SIA's list of Fastest Growing US Staffing Firms for 10 years. Mindlance has also been recognized as one of the consistently best performing partners to industry-leading MSP programs including Allegis, Kelly, TAPFIN, PROUnlimited, Pontoon, GRI, WorkforceLogiq and Agile-1. What started with contingent staffing has developed to a comprehensive portfolio of workforce solutions. Along with industry specific, talent-centric st... Know more