Remote Staff Applied AI Engineer - Backend AI Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

401k match

Professional development budget

Comprehensive benefits

Wellness reimbursement

Volunteer days

Job summary

Forward Financing is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and develop AI-powered backend systems. You will design scalable services, integrate AI capabilities with OpenAI, Claude, and Hugging Face, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, experimentation, and translating business needs into technical implementations across a modern AWS-based stack, with a remote-first culture.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in CS/Engineering or related field.
• Backend engineer with strong programming skills (Python preferred).
• Experience designing scalable backend APIs and services.

Responsibilities

• Translate business problems into end-to-end AI solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs for AI features.
• Implement scalable architectures for AI workflows and data pipelines.
• Integrate AI services into microservices, AWS, and Snowflake.
• Create experimentation frameworks for rapid test-and-learn cycles.

Skills

Python

Backend design

APIs

AI integration

Cloud & deployments

Ruby

Go

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

OpenAI

Claude

Hugging Face

Snowflake

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Forward Financing is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and develop AI-powered backend systems. You will design scalable services, integrate AI capabilities with OpenAI, Claude, and Hugging Face, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, experimentation, and translating business needs into technical implementations across a modern AWS-based stack, with a remote-first culture.