Lead AI Solutions Engineer

Menlo Ventures; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401K with company match

PTO and holidays

Mental health benefits

Wellness stipend

WFH stipend

Parental leave

Financial coaching

Catered lunches

Job summary

Bluevine is seeking a hands-on AI engineer to design and deliver practical automation and AI-powered tools across the company. You will identify repetitive processes and build scalable solutions, collaborating with go-to-market, operations, and corporate functions.

You will combine software engineering, product intuition, and a service mindset to create AI workflows, internal agents, and lightweight apps while ensuring SDLC best practices for maintainability and security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, automation engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar hands-on technical role.
• Strong coding and scripting skills, ideally in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience building automations, integrations, workflow systems, or AI-powered solutions.
• Experience with AI tools and platforms such as OpenAI, Gemini, Copilot, AI agents, LLM workflows, prompt engineering, retrieval workflows, and related evaluation methods.
• Experience working directly with non-technical stakeholders and moving from ambiguous business needs to well-scoped, well-executed solutions.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, APIs, browser automation, workflow tooling, low-code/no-code tools, and sound judgment on when to use each.
• Strong communication skills, high ownership, service orientation, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, retrieval workflows, and evaluation of LLM-based systems.
• Experience with APIs, browser automation, workflow tooling, and systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders across the organization to identify repetitive, tedious, and high‑friction workflows that can be improved using AI and automation.
• Design and build AI‑powered workflows, agents, automations, browser‑based tools, integrations, and lightweight applications.
• Translate business problems into technical solutions, define implementation plans and success metrics, and choose the right tools and patterns for each use case.
• Apply software engineering and SDLC best practices to deliver reliable, secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Evaluate and select the right tools and patterns for each use case, including LLM workflows, agents, prompt‑based solutions, APIs, and scripting.
• Create reusable components, documentation, and standards, and measure impact through efficiency gains, adoption, and business outcomes.
• Measure solution impact through efficiency gains, time savings, adoption, quality improvements, and business outcomes.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

AI workflows

LLM evaluation

APIs

Browser automation

Low-code/no-code

Communication

Education

BSc/BA in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Chrome extensions

Automation tooling

Scripting

Job description

About Bluevine

Bluevine is the largest small business banking platform in the U.S., redefining how entrepreneurs manage their money. We create modern financial solutions, from checking and lending to payments and beyond, designed to help small business owners grow, thrive, and take control of their financial future. Our best-in-class technology, advanced security, and deep understanding of the small business community give our customers the confidence to focus on what they do best.

Since 2013, we’ve supported more than 750,000 small businesses nationwide. Backed by leading investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, and Citi Ventures, our 500+ person global team shares one mission: to give small businesses the financial tools they need to succeed.

We’re innovators driven by big ideas, collaboration, and real impact. Here, you’ll have the freedom to take ownership, grow your career, and make a difference for small business owners across America. Ready to shape what’s next?

We’re looking for a hands‑on AI builder to help Bluevine reinvent how work gets done across the company. In this role, reporting directly to R&D leadership, you’ll identify high‑friction, repetitive processes across the business and turn them into practical AI‑powered tools, automations, and workflows that drive real impact at scale. This highly technical, cross‑functional position is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and productivity of non‑technical departments through practical automation and applied AI. You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders—across go‑to‑market, operations, and corporate functions—to identify opportunities, define necessary solutions, and construct effective tools.

You will leverage a combination of software engineering expertise, strong product intuition, and a service‑oriented approach to develop and deliver practical solutions. These solutions will include AI workflows, internal agents, automation pipelines, Chrome extensions, scripts, and lightweight applications. A core part of your responsibility will be ensuring all development adheres to robust R&D and SDLC practices, resulting in solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and manageable over the long term.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Partner with business stakeholders across the organization to identify repetitive, tedious, and high‑friction workflows that can be improved using AI and automation.
• Design and build AI‑powered workflows, agents, automations, browser‑based tools, integrations, and lightweight applications.
• Translate business problems into technical solutions, define implementation plans and success metrics, and choose the right tools and patterns for each use case.
• Apply software engineering and SDLC best practices to deliver reliable, secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Evaluate and select the right tools and patterns for each use case, including LLM workflows, agents, prompt‑based solutions, APIs, and scripting.
• Create reusable components, documentation, and standards, and measure impact through efficiency gains, adoption, and business outcomes.
• Measure solution impact through efficiency gains, time savings, adoption, quality improvements, and business outcomes.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, automation engineering, solutions engineering, or a similar hands‑on technical role.
• Strong coding and scripting skills, ideally in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience building automations, integrations, workflow systems, or AI‑powered solutions.
• Experience with AI tools and platforms such as OpenAI, Gemini, Copilot, AI agents, LLM workflows, prompt engineering, retrieval workflows, and related evaluation methods.
• Experience working directly with non‑technical stakeholders and moving from ambiguous business needs to well‑scoped, well‑executed solutions.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, APIs, browser automation, workflow tooling, low‑code/no‑code tools, and sound judgment on when to use each.
• Strong communication skills, high ownership, service orientation, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, retrieval workflows, and evaluation of LLM‑based systems.
• Experience with APIs, browser automation, workflow tooling, and systems integration.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience building Chrome extensions or browser‑based automation tools.
• Experience supporting GTM, operations, support, finance, or other business functions through technical solutions.
• Experience working in regulated environments or in organizations where reliability, maintainability, and governance matter.
• BSc/BA in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.

New Hire Base Salary:

$153,200 — $187,700 USD

Benefits & Perks (US Based ONLY)

• Excellent health coverage and life insurance benefits
• 401K with an immediate 3% company match
• PTO, Company Holidays, and Flexible Holidays
• Company-sponsored Mental Health Benefits, including 1:1 therapy
• Over $1,000 each year to spend on your personal wellness
• Monthly WFH stipends totaling over $1,000 annually
• Generous, paid parental leave covering up to 20 weeks of leave for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks of leave for all other parents
• Access to financial coaches and education sessions
• Weekly catered lunches and fully stocked kitchen pantries
• Community-based volunteering opportunities

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