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In loans and CLOs, trillions of dollars still move through phones, emails, and PDFs because the right infrastructure hasn’t existed - until now. \nWe’re applying AI, real-time data, and modern software design to asset classes long overlooked by fintech. Our platforms turn fragmented information into intelligence, manual workflows into automation, and legacy conventions into scalable market infrastructure. \nYou’ll join a high-impact, collaborative team building the systems these markets need to become more transparent, efficient, and connected. \nThe Role\nAn AI Engineer at Octaura, is a software professional who develops and implements AI-powered applications by integrating trained machine learning models, APIs, and data pipelines into functional software products. You will design, build, deploy, and maintain applied machine learning systems that power critical products and workflows across our platform. This role focuses on taking AI solutions from concept through production-working with large, complex datasets and ensuring models are reliable, explainable, and performant in real-world financial environments.\nYou’ll partner closely with product managers, software engineers, and data teams to solve meaningful business problems, improve market efficiency, and introduce AI responsibly into mission-critical systems. Depending on experience, you may take full ownership of complex AI initiatives and help shape Octaura’s ML architecture and best practices.\nThis role is based out of our New York City office (5 Penn Plaza), with a hybrid schedule of four days in the office (Monday-Thursday) and one day remote (Friday).\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, build, and maintain production-grade backend services that power AI/ML capabilities, using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, and Redshift.\nDevelop, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models using Python-based ML frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow).\nArchitect and implement Agentic AI systems, including multi-agent workflows, tool-use pipelines, and integration with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar orchestration frameworks.\nBuild and maintain data pipelines and feature engineering workflows to support ML training and inference.\nCollaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to translate business problems into AI/ML solutions.\nContribute to the evaluation and selection of the team's AI/ML technology stack, including frameworks for Agentic AI, LLM orchestration, and model serving.\nImplement MLOps practices - including model versioning, monitoring, A/B testing, and automated retraining pipelines.\nStay current with the rapidly evolving AI/ML landscape, including large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agent frameworks.\nWrite clean, testable, and well-documented code; participate in code reviews and foster engineering best practices.\nThe Person\nSoftware Engineering\n2+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.\nExperience building event-driven systems using Apache Kafka.\nSolid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and data warehousing (Redshift or equivalent).\nHands-on experience with Redis for caching, queuing, or session management.\nStrong grasp of distributed systems, REST API design, and microservices architecture.\nAI/ML\n2+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML development using Python.\nFamiliarity with core ML concepts: supervised/unsupervised learning, model evaluation, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning.\nExperience with ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or XGBoost.\nUnderstanding of LLMs and Generative AI concepts, including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and RAG architectures.\nExposure to Agentic AI patterns - tool use, planning, multi-step reasoning, or agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Spring AI, or similar).\nThe base pay range for this position in New York is $130,000 - $160,000 annually. Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Equity and year-end bonus may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Octaura's internal or external careers site. \nOctaura Work Perks\nAt Octaura, our people are our most valuable asset, and we are pleased to offer the following benefits to all full-time employees: \nCompetitive compensation and equity \nFlexible Paid Time Off\nCompetitive Parental Leave \nDaily breakfast, coffee and snacks in the office \n90% company-paid healthcare \nOnsite gym & discounted membership \nWe’re committed to equal opportunity employment \nOctaura is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 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