Staff Software Engineer (.NET AI Engineer)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Software Engineer specializing in .NET and AI

• Focus: Backend product components with AI-enabled capabilities in fintech

Description

You will design, develop, and improve secure, scalable software components, with a hands-on coding focus and cross-functional collaboration. The role emphasizes .NET/C# backend development and applying modern AI/ML approaches such as LangChain, RAG, LLM API integration, prompt engineering, and agentic patterns to deliver business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements for product components and incorporate feedback.

• Translate functional requirements into system designs and communicate component interactions.

• Design and develop components, refine code plans, and lead design reviews.

• Contribute to project estimation and escalate issues that may impact delivery.

• Create extensible, reusable code and drive code quality using metrics and best practices.

• Debug moderately complex issues and identify opportunities for automation.

• Lead code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards.

• Create complex test plans, identify test gaps, and address defects to minimize customer impact.

• Use data analysis and monitoring standards to detect patterns and defects in all environments.

• Participate in on-call rotations: troubleshoot complex issues and support incident response.

• Build and enhance developer tools to support programs and applications.

• Continuously learn and adapt to emerging trends to improve performance and recommend resources.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree (or 2+ years with an advanced degree; or 0 years with a PhD), or 8+ years relevant experience.

• Strong .NET/C# experience.

• Hands-on experience with LangChain and RAG, including LLM API integration.

• Prompt engineering and agentic AI patterns experience; familiarity with intent classification and NLP pipelines.

• Backend development with REST APIs.

• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, SQL, and MongoDB.

• ReactJS front-end experience.

• Agentic development using Claude Code (or similar tools).

• Experience designing and developing scalable enterprise applications.

• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and production support skills.

• Understanding of database design, queries, and performance optimization.

• Experience with system/API integrations and distributed applications.

• Docker and Kubernetes familiarity.

• Ability to debug and modify software programs; write and maintain technical documentation.

• Experience with software testing and troubleshooting.

Benefits

• Estimated US salary range: $133,300 to $213,400 (may include incentive/bonus/equity depending on factors).

• Comprehensive benefits may include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and a Wellness Program.

• Travel required: 5–10%.