Sr Data Engineer + AI

About the Role: We are a premier global rating organization seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Charlotte team. You will be instrumental in modernizing our data infrastructure and pioneering how we integrate cutting-edge AI capabilities with our enterprise data pipelines. What You’ll Do: Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Python, Java, advanced SQL, and Apache Spark. Develop high-performance APIs (using FastAPI) to expose complex financial data sets to internal applications. Build and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to securely connect our proprietary data environments with Large Language Models (LLMs). Architect data solutions that process massive volumes of structured and unstructured data with high reliability.

5+ years of Data Engineering experience. Strong programming proficiency in Python and/or Java. Deep expertise in big data processing frameworks (Spark) and SQL databases. Proven track record of building APIs (specifically FastAPI or similar modern frameworks). Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or integrating AI/LLMs with backend data systems. Must be able to work onsite in our Charlotte office every Tuesday and Wednesday.