Senior AI Systems Engineer — Forward-Deployed

Impruve, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid in-person/remote schedule

Chicago office flexibility

Fast, outcome-focused hiring

Job summary

Impruve, Inc. is seeking a Senior / Staff Software Engineer to partner with wealth-management clients and deploy AI-powered systems in production. You will own engagements from scoping to delivery, embedding with client teams to ensure real business impact.

The role requires strong engineering fundamentals and 5+ years of hands-on experience, with fluency across data, infrastructure, backend, and AI. Hybrid work with a Chicago-based office supports collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals; design and ship reliable systems.
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience building production systems.
• Cross-domain fluency across data, infrastructure, backend, and AI.

Responsibilities

• Embed with client teams to scope, design, and ship AI-powered systems.
• Own engagements end-to-end from scoping to delivery and client relationship management.
• Develop data pipelines, AI tooling, and production-grade software across stacks.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Cross-domain fluency

AI-native mindset

Client-facing communication

Outcome-oriented

Job description

Impruve, Inc. is seeking a Senior / Staff Software Engineer to partner with wealth-management clients and deploy AI-powered systems in production. You will own engagements from scoping to delivery, embedding with client teams to ensure real business impact.

The role requires strong engineering fundamentals and 5+ years of hands-on experience, with fluency across data, infrastructure, backend, and AI. Hybrid work with a Chicago-based office supports collaboration.