Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Pronix is currently seeking a Senior AI/Data Engineer for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC. This is an 12+ month contract opportunity. only W2 role and locals This role is responsible for defining and leading the engineering approach for complex, data-driven and AI-enabled features that deliver measurable business outcomes through customer insights. As a senior member of the team, you will serve as a technical thought leader and hands-on contributor, partnering with internal teams to design and deliver scalable analytics, AI, and agentic intelligence solutions. Responsibilities: • Lead the engineering design and implementation of enterprise-scale data, analytics, and AI platforms • Design and deliver end-to-end solutions from architecture through implementation and production support • Apply deep expertise in big data and real-time processing technologies, including Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and Spark Streaming • Engineer data pipelines and feature stores that reliably power machine learning models and real-time scoring • Define and implement data and AI engineering best practices, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and secure • Provide technical thought leadership across modern data, AI, and analytics platforms • Collaborate effectively with onshore and offshore engineering, data science, and product teams • Function as a senior individual contributor while also leading teams or workstreams at the program level Act as a trusted technical advisor, translating business needs into data-driven and AI-powered solutions