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Lead Gen AI Engineer

wellsfargo
Charlotte, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/14/2026

Title: Lead Gen AI & Data Engineer

Location: 1525 W W T Harris Blvd Charlotte, NC

Duration: 12 months

Work Engagement: W-2

Work Schedule: Onsite

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits


Summary:

We are seeking a hands-on Lead GenAI Agentic AI Engineer to design and build intelligent, enterprise-grade AI
agents using Google ADK and LangChain / LangGraph. This role combines advanced LLM application development with strong data
engineering expertise, enabling agents to seamlessly interact with multiple Systems of Record (SoRs) through robust data pipelines
and integrations. The ideal candidate will own the end-to-end lifecycle—from designing agent workflows and integrating enterprise
data, to deploying scalable, production-ready solutions with strong observability, governance, and performance optimization.


Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop Agentic AI systems using Google ADK, LangChain, and LangGraph, including multi-agent orchestration, state management, and tool
    integration leveraging enterprise approved LLMs.

  • Integrate agents with enterprise Systems of Record (SoRs) by building reliable data pipelines, APIs, and connectors across structured and unstructured
    sources.

  • Integrate organization-approved foundation models (like Anthropic, Google Gemini etc.) into Agentic task-based workflows.

  • Partner with Process Excellence and Ops teams to ideate and implement AI copilots and AI Agents for business functions.

  • Develop scalable Python-based services for agent workflows, incorporating RAG, tool calling, memory, and structured outputs.

  • Engineer data ingestion and transformation pipelines (batch/streaming) to enable high-quality, governed data access for AI agents.

  • Write and optimize complex SQL queries for analytics, feature extraction, and real-time agent decisioning.

  • Implement observability, evaluation, and guardrails across both data and AI layers, ensuring performance, quality, compliance, and cost efficiency.

  • Use SQL, Python, and cloud-native tools (GCP, Azure, or AWS) to ensure data quality and lineage.

Qualifications:

  • Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

  • 5 years in Gen AI, AI Data Engineering, and Agentic AI-focused roles.

  • Advanced Prompt Engineering, Context Engineering skills, Python skills.

  • Hands-on experience building agentic AI solutions using Google ADK LangChain/LangGraph, including orchestration and tool usage patterns.

  • Strong Python development skills for backend services, workflow engines, and AI pipelines.

  • Solid data engineering expertise:

  • Building ETL/ELT pipelines

  • Integrating data from multiple SoRs (APIs, DBs, files, streams)

  • Working with data quality, schema evolution, and lineage

  • Advanced SQL proficiency (complex joins, window functions, query optimization).

  • Experience with RAG architectures and integrating LLMs with enterprise data sources (vector stores relational systems).

  • Production-grade engineering practices: testing, CI/CD, logging, monitoring, and error handling.

    - Desired Skills

  • Experience with modern data stack tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow/Composer, Kafka/PubSub, BigQuery/Snowflake).

  • Familiarity with vector databases and hybrid retrieval strategies.

  • Experience deploying solutions on GCP (preferred) or other cloud platforms with scalable architectures.

  • Knowledge of data governance, security, and PII handling in AI/data pipelines.

  • Exposure to LLMOps frameworks (evaluation, prompt/version management, tracing, cost optimization).

  • Experience implementing guardrails and safety controls for enterprise AI agents.

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