Software Engineer - AI Product Development

Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc. (BIA) develops proprietary research and analytical products for institutional investors and other sophisticated clients. They are seeking a Software Engineer to help develop AI-enabled research products and maintain the software and data infrastructure that supports their business.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software supporting BIA’s AI-enabled research products and internal business applications
• Maintain and extend BIA’s existing software infrastructure, built primarily with C# and Microsoft SQL Server
• Develop backend services, APIs, data-processing tools, and product capabilities that allow clients and internal users to access, search, analyze, and use BIA’s proprietary research
• Build and integrate capabilities involving large language models and related technologies
• Work with external APIs, data feeds, and third-party services
• Develop tools that improve internal workflows and operational efficiency
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve the reliability, maintainability, and performance of existing applications
• Collaborate with the Senior Software Engineer and colleagues across research, product, sales, and operations to define requirements and implement practical technical solutions
• Contribute to technical design decisions, documentation, testing practices, and ongoing improvements to BIA’s development processes
• Take ownership of assigned projects and communicate clearly regarding progress, tradeoffs, risks, and technical decisions

Requirements:

• Professional software development experience, typically three or more years, or an equivalent level of demonstrated capability
• Experience developing applications using C# and relational databases
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with Microsoft SQL Server or a comparable relational database platform
• Experience with Python or the ability to become productive with it quickly
• Experience developing, integrating, or consuming APIs
• Strong understanding of general software engineering principles, including application design, testing, debugging, source control, and maintainable code
• Experience working with and extending existing applications and codebases
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and follow projects through to completion in a remote environment
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and nontechnical colleagues
• Developing applications or workflows that use large language models or commercial AI APIs
• Model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, prompt development, or retrieval-augmented generation
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or other tools for connecting AI systems with external applications and data
• Ingesting and processing data from third-party feeds and APIs
• Designing, optimizing, or tuning relational databases
• Microsoft Azure or another major cloud platform
• ASP.NET and web application development
• JavaScript or React
• Vector databases, semantic search, or other AI-oriented retrieval technologies
• Financial services, investment research, financial data, or other data-intensive professional products