AI Engineer

AI Engineer

BCforward is currently seeking an initiative-taking AI Engineer for an opportunity in Charlotte, NC / Plano, TX

Position Title: AI Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC / Plano, TX

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and it is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months.

Job Type: CONTRACT, (Hybrid)

Monday- Friday (5x8)

Candidate who is authorized to work independently

Pay Range: $60- $65/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per-diem, etc).

Job Description:

Position Summary (AI Engineer)
Looking for a hands-on AI Engineer to work on a high visibility Gen AI project involving summarization and chatbot supporting a huge volume of documents from various LOBs and of various types.
This position is for a self-starter with strong technical skills as well as leadership qualities and should be able to effectively communicate difficult technical concepts.
Leads the design, development and implementation of complex data management, storage applications, often using new technologies. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results. Work leadership may be provided by assigning work and resolving problems. Requires a Bachelor's degree or advanced degree and /or equivalent experience in related IS/IT discipline. Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with the ability to translate business strategy into achievable tactics. Typically, over 10 years of related IT experience.

Required skills:
* 2+ years of professional experience as a data scientist executing end-to-end Gen AI projects using following technologies
- LLM Models (Llama, Mixtral, Mistral)
- Various inferencing mechanisms - transformer/pipeline, vllm
- Agentic framework: langgraph
- Evaluation frameworks: RAGAS, langsmith, phoenix-arize
- Embedding (all-MiniLM-L6-v2, all-mpnet-base-v2)
- LLM development framework : Langchain, LlamaIndex
- Rest API, FastAPI, Websockets
- Enterprise Redis Database, Qdrant, Cockroach

* Must have experience of working with Model Risk Management/Model Governance, which includes
- Delivering on a Gen AI project following the model governance guidelines
- Writing a model document
- Building model monitoring capabilities

* Strong programming experience with Python
* Angular experience a huge plus
* Experience with Slurm, Hadoop/Hive, Neo4J, Apache Spark, Kafka and MongoDB is a plus
* Knowledge of machine-learning techniques, classifiers and statistical methods
* Advanced degree, or equivalent experience, in mathematics, data science or other quantitative discipline
* Demonstrated success in executing high value, enterprise projects with clear articulation of benefits, costs and risk
* Superb communication, coaching and management skills across multiple business stakeholders and IT as well as external partners
* Desire to use modern technologies as a disruptive influence within the Finance domain

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

Keywords:

[Project Management, Financial Planning, Financial Forecasting, Governance, Excel, Agile, Banking/Financial Domain]

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class places to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 237510 when responding to this ad.

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