Senior AI Software Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior AI Software Engineer who can take ownership of complex technical initiatives, help shape architecture and technical direction, and turn emerging AI capabilities into reliable solutions. This role requires someone who can work independently, evaluate new technologies, make sound technical decisions, and mentor and support other engineers while remaining hands-on in development.

This is a fully functioning software development company in the financial services industry, creating software applications and solutions to serve the needs of Financial Services Professionals.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production AI-powered applications
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities into production web applications
• Shape software architecture and make technical decisions for complex applications
• Evaluate new technologies and determine their business value
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership
• Drive initiatives through completion and take ownership of projects
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Establish or improve AI development standards, architecture, or best practices

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Significant hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying production AI-powered applications
• Strong, hands-on experience with Laravel, Next.js, and React
• Experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar LLM platforms
• Strong experience with prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, and AI workflows
• Experience with .NET / C#
• Experience working with SQL Server and/or MySQL
• Experience building and deploying applications in AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting relational databases
• Experience with both AWS and Azure
• Experience with both SQL Server and MySQL
• Experience with AI agents, tool/function calling, vector databases, LLM orchestration, or AI evaluation
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership
• Experience establishing or improving AI development standards, architecture, or best practices

Skills

• Adaptability to change and quick learning
• Initiative and ownership
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Leadership by example and support for team success
• Curiosity and continuous learning of emerging AI technologies
• Strategic thinking with hands-on execution
• Motivation to build intelligent systems for real business needs

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
• 4 weeks of accrued PTO, plus 9 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401(k)
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Ability to work in-office four days per week with one remote workday
• Ongoing professional development and AI training opportunities

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Opportunity to build AI solutions that solve real business problems
• Collaborative environment where ideas and innovation are valued
• Ability to influence architecture, AI strategy, and technical direction
• Opportunity to mentor and help develop other engineers
• Fast-moving organization where your work has visible impact
• Opportunity to grow alongside a rapidly expanding AI platform