What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data / ML Engineer position at Centric Consulting?
Job Level: W2T Consultant
Job Location: Hybrid/Onsite-Must be a local candidate to Omaha, NE. 3-4 days a week in office is required.
Travel Expectations: None
Job Classification: Temporary (W2T), Contractor (1099)
Join Centric Consulting – A Culture You’ll Love
At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business. Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry – celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships.
Centric Consulting is seeking a Data / ML Engineer to support the design, development, and operationalization of AI and GenAI pipelines within a regulated financial services environment. This role is focused on data pipelines, model lifecycle management, and governance, partnering with application and AI engineers to ensure AI systems are reliable, explainable, and compliant.
In this role, you will:
We proudly offer competitive compensation, a comprehensive and well-rounded benefits package for full-time employees that have been designed to nourish your well-being, such as health coverage, wellness programs, 401K company match, self-managed PTO, and other unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments.
Discover more about our benefits by exploring additional details here benefits .
Who We Are:
Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for businesses. Now numbering more than 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, we’re committed to solving clients’ toughest problems and delivering on our mission of providing unmatched experiences.
Our purpose at Centric Consulting is to bring unmatched experiences to clients and employees. These aren't just words we use — it's how we became a company and who we are today. Providing an unmatched experience means we approach each other as human beings and lead with empathy and humility. It means we work diligently to ensure we are a place where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are.
What Makes Centric a Great Place to Work?
We know that creating and sustaining an authentically welcoming culture requires that we all play a part in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion , from our business practice to how we show up for employees and communities. This is how we bring our mission and core values to life, working together to provide the highest quality services to our clients while allowing our employees to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the application or interview process.
Job Location: Hybrid/Onsite-Must be a local candidate to Omaha, NE. 3-4 days a week in office is required.
Travel Expectations: None
Job Classification: Temporary (W2T), Contractor (1099)
Join Centric Consulting – A Culture You’ll Love
At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business. Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry – celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships.
Centric Consulting is seeking a Data / ML Engineer to support the design, development, and operationalization of AI and GenAI pipelines within a regulated financial services environment. This role is focused on data pipelines, model lifecycle management, and governance, partnering with application and AI engineers to ensure AI systems are reliable, explainable, and compliant.
In this role, you will:
- Design and implement RAG pipelines, vector database integrations, and data ingestion workflows
- Develop and optimize prompt engineering and fine-tuning approaches for enterprise LLM use cases
- Build and maintain MLOps pipelines, including model versioning, monitoring, retraining, and rollback strategies
- Ensure data quality, lineage, and auditability across AI systems
- Implement controls supporting model governance, explainability, and audit readiness
- Partner with security, compliance, and risk teams to meet regulatory expectations
- Support AI engineers with data and model insights to improve solution accuracy and reliability
- A data-focused engineer with strong experience supporting production ML and GenAI systems
- Comfortable operating across data engineering, ML workflows, and governance requirements
- Experienced working with financial or sensitive data in regulated environments
- Detail-oriented, methodical, and focused on long-term operability and compliance
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field required
- 5 years experience in data engineering or ML engineering roles
- Strong proficiency in Python and the modern Python data stack
- Hands-on experience with vector databases, RAG architectures, or LLM lifecycle management
- Experience implementing MLOps practices in production environments
- Financial services or regulated-industry experience strongly preferred
We proudly offer competitive compensation, a comprehensive and well-rounded benefits package for full-time employees that have been designed to nourish your well-being, such as health coverage, wellness programs, 401K company match, self-managed PTO, and other unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments.
- Remote and Hybrid Work
- Time Off When You Need It
- Benefits That Flex
- Professional Development
Discover more about our benefits by exploring additional details here benefits .
Who We Are:
Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for businesses. Now numbering more than 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, we’re committed to solving clients’ toughest problems and delivering on our mission of providing unmatched experiences.
Our purpose at Centric Consulting is to bring unmatched experiences to clients and employees. These aren't just words we use — it's how we became a company and who we are today. Providing an unmatched experience means we approach each other as human beings and lead with empathy and humility. It means we work diligently to ensure we are a place where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are.
What Makes Centric a Great Place to Work?
We know that creating and sustaining an authentically welcoming culture requires that we all play a part in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion , from our business practice to how we show up for employees and communities. This is how we bring our mission and core values to life, working together to provide the highest quality services to our clients while allowing our employees to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the application or interview process.