Senior AI Engineer: Generative AI for Scalable Finance Apps

Aquent; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans (subsidized)

Vision and dental plans

Paid sick leave

Retirement plan with 401(k) match

Job summary

Aquent is seeking an AI Engineer to help shape the future of financial technology. You will design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications and services that scale. The role emphasizes responsible AI, security, and governance while delivering high-impact solutions for millions of users.

Join a mission-driven team focused on innovation and collaboration, with opportunities to work on state-of-the-art AI, LLMs, and agent frameworks in a dynamic financial services setting.

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: 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled applications and services.
• Build and integrate Generative AI solutions using large language models (LLMs).
• Develop AI agents, workflows, prompts, tools, and orchestration frameworks.
• Implement retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, and knowledge retrieval.
• Build APIs, microservices, and backend services for AI workloads.
• Evaluate and optimize AI model performance, cost, and latency.
• Develop automated testing, monitoring, and observability for AI apps.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to translate requirements.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

TypeScript/JavaScript

REST APIs

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Aquent is seeking an AI Engineer to help shape the future of financial technology. You will design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications and services that scale. The role emphasizes responsible AI, security, and governance while delivering high-impact solutions for millions of users.

Join a mission-driven team focused on innovation and collaboration, with opportunities to work on state-of-the-art AI, LLMs, and agent frameworks in a dynamic financial services setting.