Gen AI Engineer

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,500+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

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.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Charlotte, NC is $100k - $115k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Ability to translate business strategy into achievable tactics.
• A senior member of the technical team responsible for assisting senior business leaders and management.
• May provide strategic technical direction and system architecture for individual initiatives.
• Utilizes in-depth knowledge of technological alternatives and business system requirements to recommend innovations that enhance and/or provide a competitive advantage to the organization.
• Leads or has responsibility for estimation of effort for software application for one or more programmers.
• Coordinates collaboration with external programming teams to deliver software on time and within budget.
• Provides feedback and technical guidance to project managers on issues of critical importance to achieving business objectives.

Requirements:

• Typically over 10 years of related IT experience.
• 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

We offer:

• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days)
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability
• Flexible hybrid policy
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%
• A higher education certification policy
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.