AI Software Developer [AQ-13259]

About the role

Partner with Aquent to join a leading organization at the forefront of financial services innovation. This company is dedicated to empowering individuals and institutions through advanced technology, delivering cutting-edge solutions that shape the future of finance. You’ll be part of a mission-driven team that values innovation, collaboration, and making a tangible impact on millions of users. As a key contributor, your expertise will directly drive the design, development, and deployment of state-of-the-art AI-powered applications and services that will shape the future of finance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled applications and services, ensuring high quality and reliability.
• Build and integrate Generative AI solutions utilizing large language models (LLMs) to create innovative features.
• Develop sophisticated AI agents, workflows, prompts, tools, and orchestration frameworks.
• Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, and knowledge retrieval solutions to enhance information access.
• Build robust APIs, microservices, and backend services to support complex AI workloads.
• Evaluate, benchmark, and optimize AI model performance, quality, cost, and latency for peak efficiency.
• Develop automated testing, monitoring, and observability solutions for AI applications, ensuring operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with product owners and business stakeholders, translating requirements into impactful technical solutions.
• Implement responsible AI, security, privacy, and governance controls within AI solutions, upholding ethical standards.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, coding standards, and engineering best practices, shaping our technical direction.
• Provide essential support for AI applications in production, participating in troubleshooting and incident resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience building AI/ML or Generative AI applications.
• Strong programming skills in one or more of: Python, Java, C#, TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Experience developing REST APIs and distributed services.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including design patterns, testing, CI/CD, security, and observability.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, or Gemini.
• Experience building AI agents, integrations, tool calling frameworks, or multi-agent workflows.
• Experience with RAG architectures and vector databases.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, or Cloud Run.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.

Benefits

Eligible talent get access to amazing benefits through Aquent Talent, including:

• Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans.
• Paid sick leave.
• Retirement plans with a match.
• Free online training through Aquent Gymnasium.