AI Engineer, Product: Build Agent Tools with Real Data

Welltower; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

PTO (Paid Time Off)

Employee Stock Purchase Program

401(k) with Profit Sharing

Student Debt Program

Tuition Assistance

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

Welltower is seeking an AI Engineer, Product to own agent-driven tooling and the product surface across the business. You’ll work with real data, iterate quickly with users, and build reusable surfaces that scale across teams.

This hands-on role emphasizes product behavior and actionable outputs rather than frontend alone, with on-site work in the NYC metro area. You’ll collaborate with data scientists and product teams to deliver trustworthy AI capabilities that inform decisions and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years shipping production software, with the depth to own a product surface end to end.
• Have deployed an agent in a commercial production environment.
• Experience building data-dense, decision-support, or analytics products where users act on the output.
• Ability to build fast against messy, real data and iterate in front of users.
• Based in the NYC metro area and able to work on-site.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship the product surface: the agent-driven tools, interfaces, and workflow tooling used by teams.
• Design, tune, and evaluate how agents behave in the product for trustworthy outputs.
• Work embedded with users, translating real-work into working software on real data.
• Get to a live, useful output fast, then iterate against direct feedback.
• Build configurable, reusable surfaces rather than one-off rewrites to accelerate future builds.
• Work off a live demo on real data as the spec rather than lengthy requirements documents.

Skills

Production software experience

Agent deployment experience

Analytics product experience

Iterative development

On-site NYC

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related field

Job description

WELLTOWER – REIMAGINE REAL ESTATE WITH US

At Welltower, we’re transforming how the world thinks about senior living and wellness-focused real estate. As a global leader in residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure, we create vibrant, purpose-driven communities where housing, healthcare, and hospitality converge. Our culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and endlessly ambitious—guided by our mantra: The only easy day was yesterday.

We’re looking for bold, independent thinkers who thrive on challenge, embrace complexity, and are driven to deliver long-term value. Every team member is empowered to think like an owner, innovate fearlessly, and lead from where they stand. If you're passionate about outcomes and inspired by the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare infrastructure, we want you on our best-in-class team.

SUMMARY

The AI Engineer, Product will design and deliver AI-enabled products, agent-driven tools, and workflow solutions that help teams across Welltower work more effectively and make better decisions. This role owns solutions from concept through production, partnering directly with users to translate real business needs into intuitive, reliable products.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who can move quickly, iterate on live feedback, and build reusable capabilities that scale across the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and launch AI-enabled products, agent-driven tools, interfaces, and workflow solutions that support how teams across the business work and make decisions.
• Own product solutions end to end, from early prototyping and technical design through production deployment, iteration, and ongoing improvement.
• Partner directly with business users to understand workflows, pain points, and decision-making needs and translate them into practical, high-impact product capabilities.
• Design, tune, and evaluate agent behavior to ensure outputs are useful, reliable, and trustworthy enough for users to act on.
• Prototype quickly using real-world data and workflows, incorporating direct user feedback and observed usage to continuously improve the product experience.
• Build configurable and reusable product components that can be adapted across teams and use cases rather than relying on one-off solutions.
• Integrate AI models, data sources, APIs, and internal systems into cohesive user experiences and business workflows.
• Develop evaluation, testing, and monitoring approaches that help maintain product quality, performance, and reliability as solutions scale.
• Balance speed of delivery with sound engineering practices, maintainability, security, and appropriate access to sensitive information.
• Contribute to the evolution of Welltower's AI product architecture, development standards, and best practices as the platform and use cases continue to grow.

OTHER DUTIES

Pleasenotethis job description is not designed to cover orcontaina comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that arerequired ofthis employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TRAVEL

Someout of areaand overnight travel may be expected.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience building and shipping production software, with demonstrated ownership of products or product surfaces end to end.
• Experience developing and deploying AI- or agent-enabled applications in a commercial production environment.
• Experience building data-intensive, decision-support, analytics, or workflow products where users rely on the output to take action.
• Strong understanding of modern AI application patterns, including model integration, agent workflows, evaluation, and iterative improvement.
• Ability to work effectively with complex, imperfect real-world data and translate it into reliable product experiences.
• Strong product judgment and a user-oriented mindset, with the ability to gather feedback, identify the underlying need, and rapidly iterate toward a useful solution.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with evolving priorities and a high degree of ownership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Based in the New York City metro area and able to work onsite.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug screening, and verification of employment, education, and other credentials relevant to the position.

COMPENSATION

Salaries may vary by location. The base salary range for this role in New York is $160,000 to $220,000. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for a total rewards package that includes an annual bonus opportunity, equity awards through our long-term incentive program, and a comprehensive benefits suite.

ABOUT WELLTOWER

Welltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL) an S&P 500 company, is the world's preeminent residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure company. Our portfolio of 2,500+ Seniors and Wellness Housing communities is positioned at the intersection of housing, healthcare, and hospitality, creating vibrant communities for mature renters and older adults inthe United States,United Kingdom, andCanada.

Our real estate portfolio is unmatched,locatedin highly attractive micro-markets with stunning built environments.Yet,we are an unusual real estate organization as we view ourselves as a product company in a real estate wrapper driven by relationships and unconventional culture.

Through our disciplined approach to capital allocation powered by our data science platform and superior operating results driven by the Welltower Business System, we aspire to deliver long-term compounding of per share growth and returns for our existing investors – ourNorth Star.

Welltower is committed toleveragingthe talent of a diverse workforce to create great opportunities for our business and our people. EOE/AA. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Vet

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