Staff Applied AI Engineer

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $240k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🤖 AI Engineer

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Forward Financing

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2012

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🤝 B2B

💰 $250M Debt Financing on 2021-05

Finance • Fintech • B2B

Forward Financing is a company that provides fast and flexible financing solutions for small businesses. They specialize in offering capital to small businesses that may struggle to secure funding from traditional financial institutions. With a simple application process, businesses can receive funding decisions within hours and may have funds transferred the same day. Their revenue-based financing model allows payments to adjust with the business's revenue. Forward Financing aims to provide clear and transparent terms, ensuring customer satisfaction and trust. They have been recognized for their excellent service and are rated highly by small business owners.

📋 Description

• Translate high-level business problems into functional AI solutions through end-to-end implementation • Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs deploying and integrating AI-powered features • Implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend architecture for AI workflows, automation, and data processing pipelines • Integrate AI services with microservices, AWS, and Snowflake data systems • Build experimentation frameworks enabling rapid test-and-learn cycles and iterative deployment • Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers • Monitor the AI ecosystem, frameworks, and tools to guide implementation and technology adoption decisions • Document backend system designs, APIs, workflows, and integration patterns • Develop proof-of-concept solutions addressing business problems and opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline • Demonstrated experience as a backend software engineer with strong programming skills • Python preferred; experience with Ruby or Go is a plus • Proven ability to design and develop scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed services • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and deployment pipelines • Strong knowledge of foundational model providers, AI APIs, data pipelines, and orchestration frameworks • Practical expertise integrating third-party AI services and managing complex dependencies in multi-stack environments • Ability to rapidly prototype and iteratively develop solutions • Excellent communication skills for presenting technical concepts to technical and business stakeholders • Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, LangChain, vector databases, or similar AI orchestration technologies • Experience with automation, knowledge systems, and backend optimization related to AI-driven processes • Understanding of responsible AI principles, data privacy, and system reliability • Experience building APIs and backend components for real-time or near-real-time AI applications • Authorization to work for any employer in the United States • Sponsorship requirements must be disclosed

🏖️ Benefits

• 12% annual target bonus • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Commuter benefits • Flexible time-off policy • Paid parental leave • 401(k) match for US employees • Wellness reimbursement • Volunteering days • Annual professional development budget • Charitable donation match • Remote-first workplace flexibility • Access to premiere office locations for in-person collaboration • Virtual and in-person team events