Application Programmer

Genesis10 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.

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

Requirements:

• Proven experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms
• Strong hands-on expertise with distributed data processing and streaming architectures (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Spark Streaming)
• Experience supporting machine learning and AI workloads, such as feature engineering, model input pipelines, and real-time inference
• Experience with NoSQL and low-latency data stores (e.g., Redis) supporting real-time analytics and AI inference
• Demonstrated ability to lead solution design and delivery across multiple teams
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across geographically distributed teams
• Proficiency in Data Integration and Data Security within real-time and Big Data ecosystems, including knowledge of Kerberos

Desired skills:

• Familiarity with agentic or autonomous processing patterns (e.g., event-driven workflows, rules-plus-AI decisioning) is highly desirable
• Experience with additional real-time streaming technologies like Flink or Storm
• Familiarity with Cloud Technologies such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Working knowledge of machine learning algorithms, statistical analysis, and programming languages (Python or R)
• Strong command of Visual Analytics Tools, with a focus on Tableau

Pay range: $55.06 - $63.06 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.