Overview
On Site
$100,000 - $120,000
Full Time
Skills
Principal Engineer
Agentic AI
AI
ML
financial services
lending processes
AI/ML
AI Agents
NLP
PostgreSQL
AWS
Java
Python
Node.JS
React.JS
Angular
LLM
fine-tune
Job Details
IDEXCEL Client is looking for Job Title : Principal Engineer, Agentic AI - Transforming Lending @ Herndon VA on Fulltime basis
Job Title : Principal Engineer, Agentic AI - Transforming Lending
Location : Herndon Virginia
Duration : Fulltime
We're entering a transformative period in financial services. Technology is empowering financial institutions to offer more tailored and efficient solutions, and we're at the forefront of this change. Our software plays a crucial role in enabling banks, credit unions, and financial institutions to streamline lending ultimately facilitating greater access to capital. AI is poised to revolutionize this process. By automating tasks, improving decision-making, and personalizing user experiences, AI will fundamentally change how lending operates.
Our mission is to provide the most innovative and effective software that empowers financial institutions to build stronger relationships with their customers and drive responsible growth. To achieve this, we must embrace cutting-edge technologies and equip our team with the tools to lead this transformation. This requires us to be proactive and forward-thinking in our adoption of AI.
The Opportunity:
Our company is seeking a highly skilled and visionary Principal Engineer to lead the integration of Agentic AI across our suite of lending products. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of lending by developing intelligent, autonomous agents that will redefine how lenders and borrowers interact with our platform. You will be instrumental in designing, building, and deploying AI-powered solutions that automate complex workflows, enhance decision-making, and personalize user experiences.
Responsibilities:
- Architectural Leadership: Design and architect scalable, robust, and secure Agentic AI solutions across our Java, Python, Node.js, and React.js, Angular applications.
- Agent Development: Lead the development of AI agents for various lending processes, including loan origination, underwriting, servicing, and customer interaction.
- LLM Integration: Evaluate, integrate, and fine-tune Large Language Models (LLMs) to enable natural language understanding, generation, and complex reasoning within AI agents.
- Tooling and Frameworks: Develop and implement the necessary tooling, frameworks, and infrastructure to support the development, deployment, and monitoring of AI agents.
- Data Strategy: Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to define data requirements, data pipelines, and data governance strategies for training and optimizing AI agents.
- Innovation and Research: Stay at the forefront of Agentic AI research and identify opportunities to apply new techniques and technologies to enhance our platform.
- Mentorship and Guidance: Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other engineers on AI/ML best practices and agentic system design.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.1
- Performance Optimization: Ensure the performance, scalability, reliability, and security of AI-driven lending solutions.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's or master s degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
- Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing and building complex, enterprise-grade applications.
- AI/ML Expertise:
- Deep understanding of AI/ML principles, particularly in the area of Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic systems.
- Experience in developing and deploying AI agents using frameworks and tools.
- Strong knowledge of natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and deep learning techniques.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, React.js, and Angular.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Strong cloud computing experience, particularly with AWS.
- Experience with software development best practices, including version control (Git), CI/CD, and testing.
- Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex challenges into manageable solutions.
- Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical2 audiences.
- Leadership: Proven ability to provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other engineers.
- Passion: A passion for innovation and a strong desire to transform the lending industry with AI.
Bonus Points:
- Experience in the fintech or financial services industry.
- Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects.
- Research publications in the field of AI agents or LLMs.
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