AI Engineer

Cooperidge Consulting Firm is seeking an AI Engineer for a top Financial Technology (FinTech) client. This role focuses on building and deploying AI agent systems that automate complex financial audit workflows, including autonomous planning, memory, and tool execution. The engineer will own features end to end, working closely with technical leadership in a fast-paced, production-focused environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI agent architectures including planning, memory, tool use, and recovery mechanisms
• Develop fault-tolerant, end-to-end features integrated into production systems
• Process and manage large-scale datasets (100GB+), optimizing workloads across processes and threads
• Debug and resolve production issues involving agent behavior, performance, and edge cases
• Collaborate with engineering and product stakeholders to translate audit workflows into automated systems
• Rapidly prototype and deploy improvements to existing AI agents
• Maintain clean, scalable, and well-documented codebases

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)

Experience

• 0–5 years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or related roles
• Hands-on experience building or working with AI agent systems or autonomous workflows
• Experience with full-stack development in production environments
• Exposure to large-scale data processing and multithreaded or distributed systems

Skills and Competencies

• Strong programming skills and software engineering fundamentals
• Experience with AI agent concepts such as planning, memory, and tool orchestration
• Ability to debug complex system behavior and performance bottlenecks
• Comfort working in fast-moving, startup-style engineering environments
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn new domains quickly

• Full-time roles offering overtime and weekend work opportunities
• Competitive hourly wages plus potential quarterly bonuses
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance plans
• Life insurance coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
• Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement
• Employee discount programs and perks