Production AI Engineer for Fintech SaaS

Brightplan; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

BrightPlan is hiring an Applied AI Engineer to expand AI-powered features across our platform, focusing on the AI Coach experience. You will blend Python development, prompt design, and structured data work to deliver customer-ready AI functionality in a production fintech SaaS environment.

This role suits engineers who apply generative AI thoughtfully in production, collaborating with product managers and engineers to translate ideas into scalable features for customers, with a remote-first

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Proven proficiency with AI-powered coding tools (Anthropic's Claude Code preferred).
• Experience building backend services or APIs.
• Experience working with LLM APIs, generative AI services, or AI-enabled capabilities in applications.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance AI-powered product features in collaboration with product and engineering teams.
• Write and refine prompts to improve response quality and feature performance.
• Develop Python-based services and APIs supporting AI workflows.
• Work with structured data in PostgreSQL and vector-based data systems supporting AI applications.
• Contribute to feature implementation in FastAPI-based systems.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, accelerate experimentation, and continuously refine implementation approaches.
• Participate in technical discussions around feature design and implementation.

Skills

Python

LLM APIs

AI tooling (Claude Code)

API development

Problem solving

Tools

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Job description

BrightPlan is hiring an Applied AI Engineer to expand AI-powered features across our platform, focusing on the AI Coach experience. You will blend Python development, prompt design, and structured data work to deliver customer-ready AI functionality in a production fintech SaaS environment.

This role suits engineers who apply generative AI thoughtfully in production, collaborating with product managers and engineers to translate ideas into scalable features for customers, with a remote-first