Genesis10 is currently seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Onsite position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC or Irving, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. This role will serve as a key contributor to innovative, enterprise-grade AI products as part of a new Agentic Engineering group. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will design, develop, test, and deploy sophisticated Generative AI applications within a dedicated engineering pod, translating architectural designs into robust, scalable, and secure software. This position requires hands-on development experience and a strong interest in solving complex technical problems using modern AI capabilities.
Responsibilities: - Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical engineering environments
- Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
- Design, code, test, debug, and document applications and services including upgrades and deployments
- Review technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of technologies, procedures, and engineering approaches
- Resolve moderately complex issues while guiding teams to meet existing and emerging business needs
- Collaborate with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and meet project goals
- Lead projects and act as an escalation point, providing direction to less experienced engineers
- Design, develop, and deploy AI applications using enterprise APIs, LLMs, agent frameworks, and related technologies
- Implement prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation, fine tuning, and agentic design patterns
- Integrate LLM models with existing enterprise systems and ensure that AI solutions meet governance, security, and compliance standards
- Troubleshoot complex application and model related issues and contribute to the continuous improvement of AI systems
- Assist and mentor engineers in advanced software development and AI engineering practices
- Stay informed of advancements in AI, LLMs, and agent frameworks and apply relevant updates to products and systems
Requirements: - 4+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education
- 4+ years of experience building Agentic automated applications
- 2+ years of experience building Agentic Engineering solutions
- 2+ years of experience working with Generative AI, large language models, or foundation models
- 2+ years of experience with either Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Kubernetes, or OpenShift
- 2+ years of experience with Python
- 2+ years of experience with REST API development and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- 2+ years of experience using Git for source code version control, including branching, pull requests, and collaborative development workflows
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, PVA, Power BI)
- Experience with UI Path
- Experience with AI SDLC (DEVI AI, Claude Code, Claude Design)
- Experience with Langchain or any other Agentic framework
- Experience with Alteryx (Data transformation and automation)
- Experience with IDP (intelligent document processing)
- Experience with Microsoft Co-Pilot Studio
- Hands-on experience with Agentic AI (Gitogenin/Vertex AI)
- UI Path Certification
- MS Power Platform Certification
Desired skills: - Understanding of cloud security principles including identity and access management, encryption, and network security in public or hybrid cloud environments
- Experience working in highly regulated industries such as financial services
- Experience as a technical lead or architect, including mentoring senior engineers
- Experience integrating or contributing to open source AI or ML projects
- Experience integrating applications with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and secure data pipelines
- Strong communication and documentation skills to collaborate across engineering, product, and oversight teams
- Experience with LLM development using OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini models
- Experience with vector databases and retrieval systems such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Pinecone, or Weaviate
- Experience with LLM evaluation, observability, and monitoring including latency, cost, accuracy, grounding, drift detection, and safety assessments
- Familiarity with ML lifecycle tools and processes such as feature stores, model registries, and CI or CD pipelines for AI services
- Familiarity with responsible AI principles, compliance, and governance processes related to AI systems in regulated environments
- Experience optimizing AI application performance including prompt efficiency, model selection, caching, batching, and cost management
Pay range: $59.38 - $67.38 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.
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