Software Engineer (AI / Data Platform) – Contract/Remote

About the Role We are building an AI-powered financial research platform focused on real-time insights from SEC filings, market data, and sector intelligence across mining, industrials, and beyond. Our platform combines large-scale data pipelines, search infrastructure, and LLM-driven workflows to power an AI stock research assistant, internal analytics systems, and investor-facing tools. We’re looking for a strong engineer who can own systems end-to-end from data ingestion to APIs to production deployment and help scale a live platform. You’ll work directly with a high-impact team, with real ownership and the ability to influence technical direction. What You’ll Do • Build and scale an AI-powered stock research assistant that processes SEC filings and financial data in real time • Design and maintain data pipelines for ingesting and transforming large-scale financial datasets (EDGAR, market data, etc.) • Develop backend systems and APIs powering search, analytics, and AI workflows • Implement and optimize semantic search systems using embeddings and vector databases • Build internal tools and dashboards for analytics, content performance, and investor insights • Improve performance, reliability, and scalability across production systems • Take ownership of features from design to implementation, deployment, monitoring. Required Skills • Strong backend experience with Python (FastAPI or similar) • Solid knowledge of SQL (Postgres/MySQL) and data modeling • Experience building and maintaining production-grade APIs • Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, or similar services) • Experience with data pipelines / ETL systems • Good understanding of system design and scalable architectures • Familiarity with vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.) • Experience with LLM-based systems or AI applications • Knowledge of Docker, CI/CD, or cloud deployments Nice to Have • Exposure to financial data / SEC filings (EDGAR), metals and mining data • Experience building analytics dashboards or internal tools What We Look For • Strong ownership mindset • Ability to debug and solve problems independently • Clean, maintainable, production-quality code • Comfort working in a fast-moving, unstructured environment • Clear communication in a remote team Originally posted on Himalayas