SR. DATA ENGINEER (AI/ML)
Job Description
**Job Title: SR. DATA ENGINEER (AI/ML)**
**Location: Reston,VA**
**Duration: 12+ Months**
**Visa: USC, GC, H1B and EAD**
**Description:**
· 8+ years overall in Software Engineering disciplines, preferably in the financial services industry
· 2-3 years of experience in AI/ML engineering roles
· Strong programming skills in Python, SQL and experience with AWS.
**Key Responsibilities:**
· Design, test, and refine prompts for large language models (LLMs) to support financial reporting, summarization, and client communication tools.
· Analyze structured and unstructured financial data using Python and SQL, delivering insights through dashboards and reports.
· Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows to support GenAI model training and evaluation.
· Use AWS SageMaker to build, train, and deploy machine learning and GenAI models.
· Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to align AI solutions with financial objectives.
· Monitor model performance and iterate on prompt and model design to improve accuracy and relevance.
· Document workflows, models, and prompt strategies for internal knowledge sharing and compliance.
**Required Qualifications:**
· 2–3 years of experience in data analysis or machine learning roles.
· Proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
· Hands-on experience with major AWS services, particularly SageMaker, S3, Redshift, and Lambda.
· Experience working with LLMs (Anthropic Claude, Sonnet) and prompt engineering techniques.
· Strong understanding of financial data, KPIs, and reporting standards.
· Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
· Experience in the finance or fintech industry.
· Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
· Exposure to data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
· Understanding of MLOps practices and model lifecycle management.
**Educations:**
· B Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, or a related field.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $10,008.11 – $12,052.78 per month
Work Location: In person
