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Technical Lead - AI/ML

Dexian
Charlotte, NC Contractor
POSTED ON 1/30/2026 CLOSED ON 3/9/2026

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Job Title: Tech Lead – AI
Location: Charlotte NC/ Dallas Texas/ New Jersey
Experience Level: 6 Years

Pay Range: $65-$75/hr.

Role Overview:

Position Summary

· This is a Platform Engineering role supporting Architecture, Platform and Strategy for many new initiatives at Client in TX, NJ or NC. The team will be building data, platform, advanced analytical and self-service capabilities using Open-source distributed computing, AI/ML, and Big Data technologies. Candidate must possess a passion for producing high quality software and solutions for AI/ML and be ready to jump in and solve complex problems and perform code writing and reviews.

· This role is responsible for providing leadership, technical direction, and oversight to a team as they deliver technology solutions. Key responsibilities of the role include developing solutions and processes for delivering features based on their knowledge of design/architectural patterns and Agile/DevOps practices. This role ensures that the systems design and requirements are aligned to achieve the desired business outcomes, and that team practices and coding/quality principles are aligned to achieve the desired technology outcomes. They have built significant experience through multiple software implementations and have developed both depth and breadth in a number of technical competencies.

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or engineering or related field

· 8 years of experience in platform development, architecture, and strategy for data science, modeling, and advanced analytics

· Experience building E2E analytics platform focusing on self-service for as Data science, Big Data platform, Analytics etc.- Experience building E2E ML pipelines: Data prep, Model Build, training models, Deployment, Scoring, Monitoring and Optimization

· Experience working with technical and line of business users to gather the requirements, writing BRD for building platform, brainstorm with different set of tech and non-tech audience, document the details with conceptual diagrams, validate the tech feasibilities of capabilities by researching and working with tech teams, architects and engineers

· Reviews technical designs to ensure that they are consistent with defined architecture principles, standards, and best practices. Own technical decisions for the solution and application of developers in the creation of architectural decisions and artifacts. Ability to clearly communicate with team & stakeholders

· Collaborate with product teams, data analysts and data scientists to design and build solutions

· Manage next generation of architectural decision for advanced analytics platform, create strategy, roadmaps, present to tech and non-tech leaders

· Strong understanding of modern open source based data science platform architecture for storage & compute separation, interactive development workbenches, virtual environments, containers, and toolsets such as Jupyter, Spyder, VSCode and how they work with open source languages & libraries such as Python, R, H2O, SciKitLearn, Pandas, NumPy etc.

· Hands on experience on implementing CI/CD and automation using the Atlassian ecosystem

· Knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, and principles of data governance

· Experience designing and building full stack solutions utilizing distributed computing architecture

· Design and build and deploy streaming and batch data pipelines capable of processing and storing large datasets quickly and reliably using Kafka, Spark and YARN

· Good understanding and knowledge of processing and deployment technologies such YARN, Kubernetes/containers and serverless

· Experience working on Java, Scala or Python based tools and technologies

· Accountable for the availability, stability, scalability, security, and recoverability enabled by the designs

· Support the company’s commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development, and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/_ to learn more. Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status_

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $65.00 - $85.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Application Question(s):

  • Do you have experience in building E2E analytics platform?
  • How many years of Python experience do you have?
  • Do you have experience with Open-source distributed computing, AI/ML, and Big Data technologies?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Charlotte, NC 28255

Salary : $65 - $75

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