Remote Staff AI Engineer: Scalable AI Backend & Systems

Forward Financing LLC; Boston (MA); Remote; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

a flexible time-off policy

paid parental leave

RRSP match

welfare reimbursement

volunteering days

annual professional development budget

charitable donation match

Job summary

Forward Financing is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and build AI-powered backend systems and services. You will translate business problems into scalable solutions, integrating AI capabilities across microservices, AWS, and Snowflake.

You will prototype rapidly, collaborate with product managers and data scientists, and stay current with AI ecosystems and tools while delivering robust APIs and backend architectures for real-time or near-real-time AI applications.

Qualifications

• 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 and platforms, container orchestration, and deployment pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of AI ecosystem components including major foundational model providers, AI APIs, data pipelines, and orchestration frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level business problems into functional AI solutions by creating and executing end-to-end solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that deploy and integrate AI-powered features using existing foundational models (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Hugging Face, etc.).
• Implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend architecture supporting AI workflows, automation, and data processing pipelines.
• Integrate AI services into complex technology stacks, ensuring interoperability with microservices, AWS platform, and data systems (Snowflake).
• Enable rapid test-and-learn cycles by building experimentation frameworks that support iterative deployment of AI-driven functionalities.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers to translate business needs into technical implementations.
• Stay abreast of the AI ecosystem, frameworks, and tools to guide implementation decisions and technical evaluations for adopting new AI capabilities.
• Document backend system designs, APIs, workflows, and integration patterns clearly for team knowledge sharing and operational continuity.

Skills

Python

Ruby

Go

Backend design

Cloud platforms

AI APIs

Distributed services

Test-and-learn

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Tools

OpenAI

Claude

Hugging Face

Snowflake

AWS

Kubernetes

Langchain

Job description

Forward Financing is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and build AI-powered backend systems and services. You will translate business problems into scalable solutions, integrating AI capabilities across microservices, AWS, and Snowflake.

You will prototype rapidly, collaborate with product managers and data scientists, and stay current with AI ecosystems and tools while delivering robust APIs and backend architectures for real-time or near-real-time AI applications.