Senior Software Engineer (Laravel), AI Solutions

PactFi•New York, NY

About The Position

PactFi is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong focus on building and evolving AI-enabled capabilities across the PactFi platform. You will remain deeply hands-on in our Laravel codebase while leading the design and implementation of AI-powered features that integrate directly into our core systems. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership, product, and business stakeholders to identify where AI creates real value, architect practical solutions, and bring them to production-without losing sight of reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability. This role is well-suited for a seasoned backend engineer who has been actively working with modern AI tooling and is ready to take on greater architectural ownership at the platform level.

Requirements

Extensive hands-on experience with Laravel building production-grade backend systems.
Strong understanding of backend application architecture, data modeling, and scalable system design.
Practical experience working with AI/LLM tooling, such as: LLM APIs and agent frameworks Document parsing and extraction Vector databases and embeddings RAG pipelines and model orchestration
Ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs across performance, cost, security, and business value.
Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working with ambiguous requirements.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, ownership-driven mindset.

Nice To Haves

Experience deploying systems on AWS (or other cloud platforms).
Familiarity with Vue.js and frontend development.
Experience with testing frameworks such as PEST, Playwright, or similar.
Background in financial services, fintech, capital markets, or regulated environments.
Exposure to AI governance, security, or compliance considerations.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain robust backend systems using Laravel, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
Develop and evolve internal services, core platform components, and shared libraries that power PactFi’s products and operations.
Collaborate with Product Managers, engineering leadership, and QA to shape technical solutions and support high-quality releases through thoughtful design, testing, debugging, and iteration.
Contribute to architectural discussions, technical standards, and platform-level improvements that support PactFi’s long-term growth.
Take initiative on internal projects and exploratory work aimed at improving developer productivity, system reliability, and operational efficiency.
Identify high-value AI use cases across the PactFi platform, focusing on real business impact.
Design and implement AI-powered backend workflows, including: LLM-driven features and automations Intelligent agents and decision-support systems Automated document ingestion and extraction pipelines for large, unstructured, and semi-structured documents (e.g., PDFs, contracts, financial statements)
Lead the integration of AI models and platforms such as OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, Google Gemini, or similar.
Design and implement AI workflows for inference, orchestration, evaluation, and production readiness, with attention to reliability, observability, security, and cost.
Partner with engineering and data teams to ensure AI solutions integrate cleanly with existing systems, APIs, and data pipelines.
Prototype and validate AI capabilities before scaling them into production.
Act as a technical bridge between engineering, product, and business stakeholders, guiding the design of backend systems and AI-enabled capabilities across the platform.
Work with stakeholders to evaluate requirements, constraints, and trade-offs across core backend services, data systems, and AI-driven features, ensuring solutions deliver real business value.
Contribute to shaping PactFi’s long-term platform strategy, including backend architecture, data foundations, and the thoughtful adoption of AI technologies.
Ensure technical initiatives, including AI-powered features, align with PactFi’s security, compliance, and regulatory requirements in a financial services environment.