Senior AI/LLM Engineer for AI Research Copilot (Financial SaaS)

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Summary

We're building an AI Research Copilot for our financial analytics platform. The Copilot will help investors and financial professionals analyze market data, company financials, news, and earnings using natural language. This is a production AI project, not a basic chatbot. Responsibilities Build a production-ready AI Research Copilot Design and implement RAG pipelines Integrate LLMs with our financial data and APIs Implement semantic search and tool calling Build conversation memory and streaming responses Add source citations and improve response accuracy Optimize performance and reduce hallucinations Required Skills Python OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini APIs RAG and vector databases (Pinecone, Qdrant, pgvector, Weaviate, etc.) LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks API integration Prompt engineering Production AI application experience Please include: AI products or copilots you've built Your experience with production RAG systems Your preferred AI architecture for this project Briefly explain how you reduce hallucinations and provide trustworthy AI responses. We're looking for an experienced engineer who can build scalable, production-quality AI systems and collaborate long term.

  • More than 30 hrs/week
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  • 1-3 months
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  • Expert
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  • $65.00

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    $128.00

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  • Ongoing project
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Python
Artificial Intelligence
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About the client
Member since Jul 25, 2026
  • United States
    San Gabriel4:39 PM
  • $5 total spent
    1 hire, 1 active
  • Finance & Accounting
    Small company (2-9 people)

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