AI & FinTech Engineer: Real-Time Analytics + APIs

AKTRA INC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AKTRA INC in McLean, VA is seeking an experienced AI & Financial Engineering Developer to design and deploy AI-powered financial applications and scalable APIs. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions, leveraging ML, LLMs, and modern data pipelines.

The role demands hands-on engineering, strong Python and API skills, and experience with cloud platforms. Local candidates who can start immediately are preferred in the Washington, DC area.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Strong experience building APIs and AI-powered applications.
• Expert programming skills in Python with Java, C++, or Scala.
• 1–3 years of experience in financial services or FinTech.
• Experience developing applications using LLMs; agentic AI preferred.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Bachelor's degree preferred; Master’s/PhD in a quantitative field is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML solutions for financial applications.
• Build and optimize LLM, NLP, and generative AI applications.
• Develop scalable APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Create data pipelines and implement MLOps for deployment/monitoring.
• Develop quantitative models, financial analytics, and simulation tools.
• Build real-time market data processing and analytics solutions.
• Write production-quality, scalable, maintainable code.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, quants, data engineers, and product teams.

Skills

APIs & AI apps

Python

Java

C++

Scala

LLMs / AI agents

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Financial services experience

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Airflow

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Spark

Kafka

MLflow

Weights & Biases

Job description

AKTRA INC in McLean, VA is seeking an experienced AI & Financial Engineering Developer to design and deploy AI-powered financial applications and scalable APIs. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions, leveraging ML, LLMs, and modern data pipelines.

The role demands hands-on engineering, strong Python and API skills, and experience with cloud platforms. Local candidates who can start immediately are preferred in the Washington, DC area.