Software Engineer 4 - Contingent

Position: Gen AI Engineer
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Duration: Contract
Job ID: 178832
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Job Overview:
In this contingent resource assignment, you will consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Software Engineering. You will review and analyze multi-faceted, larger-scale, or longer-term Software Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Additionally, you will contribute to the resolution of complex situations requiring a solid understanding of functional policies, procedures, and compliance requirements to meet deliverables. Collaboration and consultation with client personnel will be a key aspect of this role.

Responsibilities:

• Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Software Engineering.
• Review and analyze complex, multi-faceted challenges requiring in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
• Contribute to the resolution of complex situations requiring a solid understanding of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel to deliver solutions.
• Lead the development of robust LangChain/LangGraph workflows, high-quality RAG pipelines, and scalable microservices on Google Vertex AI.
• Own system design, implementation, MLOps, observability, and governance.
• Build user-facing applications and backends, including authentication and rate limiting.
• Implement data privacy controls, policy enforcement, and cost optimization strategies.
• Mentor engineers and establish best practices for prompt patterns, orchestration, and testing.

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through work, consulting, training, military experience, or education.
• 7–10+ years of software engineering experience; 3–5+ years applied ML/GenAI building production systems.
• Expertise with LangChain and LangGraph (tools, agents, state graphs, retries, sub-graphs, observability).
• Hands-on experience with Google Vertex AI (Foundational models, Endpoints, Pipelines, Vector Search, Model Garden).
• Strong RAG practitioner with experience in chunking strategies, embeddings, hybrid retrieval, and rerankers.
• Deep experience with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, FAISS) and embedding models.
• Proficiency in Python (FastAPI) or Node.js for backends, and React/Next.js for front-end development.
• Solid cloud experience (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure a plus), Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of GenAI evaluation, observability, and prompt/version management.
• Knowledge of security and governance, including PII handling, data residency, and prompt injection defenses.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions.

About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit www.ptrglobal.com

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Pay Range: $65 - $70

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role, as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K contributions, as well as PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work.

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