AI Software Developer

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$47.82-53.13 Hourly

W2

Start Date:

ASAP

Duration:

6 months

Partner with Aquent to join a leading organization at the forefront of financial services innovation, dedicated to empowering individuals and institutions through advanced technology. This organization is committed to shaping the future of finance with intelligent solutions.

Are you a passionate professional ready to transform the financial landscape? This is your chance to make a significant impact on our products and the experiences of our users, directly driving the design, development, and deployment of state-of-the-art AI-powered applications and services. As a key contributor, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of finance by building scalable solutions that leverage the latest advancements in machine learning and generative AI, directly impacting millions of users and driving innovation within our products.

What You'll Do

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.