Senior Applied AI Engineer - Remote & High-Impact

Forward Financing LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Commuter benefits

Paid parental leave

401k match

Wellness reimbursement

Volunteer days

Professional development budget

Charitable donation match

Job summary

Forward Financing is a fintech company based in Boston, MA, with teams across the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada. The Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI will architect and develop backend systems that leverage foundational AI models and deliver AI-powered solutions.

You will design, build, and maintain backend services, integrate AI capabilities across stacks, and collaborate with product managers and data scientists to translate business needs into technical implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience as backend software engineer with Python; Ruby or Go a plus.
• Ability to design scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of cloud, containers, and deployment pipelines.
• Experience integrating third-party AI services and data pipelines.
• Excellent communication with tech and business stakeholders.

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

APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Containers

AI integration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

OpenAI

Claude

Hugging Face

AWS

Snowflake

Job description

Forward Financing is a fintech company based in Boston, MA, with teams across the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada. The Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI will architect and develop backend systems that leverage foundational AI models and deliver AI-powered solutions.

You will design, build, and maintain backend services, integrate AI capabilities across stacks, and collaborate with product managers and data scientists to translate business needs into technical implementations.