Lead AI Engineer

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.