Machine Learning Ai Developer Jobs in North Carolina

Job Summary:
Financial Independence Group (FIG) is one of the nation’s largest Finance and Insurance Marketing Organizations, focusing on expanding financial products and services. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning/AI Engineer to architect and operationalize intelligent systems, develop machine learning models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive organizational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
• Design, build, and deploy machine learning models and AI systems at scale.
• Develop LLM‑powered applications, including RAG pipelines, agent workflows, and automated decision‑support tools.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to translate business needs into technical AI solutions.
• Work closely with data engineering to ensure strong data availability, quality, and ML readiness.
• Mentor engineers and analysts, guiding best practices in MLOps, model development, and responsible AI.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and model governance frameworks.
• Maintain high standards for security, safety, and compliance aligned with FIG’s AI governance.
• Evaluate new models, tools, and frameworks to continuously expand FIG’s AI capabilities.
• Present recommendations, insights, and solution designs to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit‑learn).
• Experience building and deploying machine learning models into production environments.
• Hands‑on experience working with large language models (LLMs), transformers, vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG).
• Ability to design end‑to‑end AI pipelines from data ingestion and feature engineering to training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, fine‑tuning, and model optimization techniques.
• Experience implementing MLOps workflows and tools (MLflow, Databricks, Weights & Biases, SageMaker, AgentCore or similar).
• Knowledge of agent frameworks (Strands, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen).
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS preferred), containerization and orchestration.
• Strong SQL skills and comfort working with modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Synapse).
• Experience deploying APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Ability to evaluate model performance, identify failure modes, and optimize for accuracy, fairness, and reliability.
• Strong critical‑thinking skills paired with creativity in designing AI‑driven solutions.
• Experience conducting exploratory analysis, model experimentation, and error analysis.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with practical business impact.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable AI solutions.
• Experience partnering with cross‑functional teams across engineering, data, operations, and leadership.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex concepts clearly.
• Ability to mentor, guide, and influence teammates and stakeholders.
Preferred:
• Experience in financial services, insurance, wealth management, or other regulated industries.
• Prior involvement in AI governance, responsible AI frameworks, or risk assessments.
• Experience contributing to data governance, metadata management, or model lineage documentation.
• Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, or statistical modeling.
• Working knowledge of reinforcement learning, recommendation systems, or advanced NLP techniques.
Company:
Welcome to Financial Independence Group, or FIG Marketing. Founded in 1976, the company is headquartered in Cornelius, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.