Staff AI Engineer – Applied AI & Backend (Remote)

Forward Financing LLC; Boston (MA); Híbrido; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401k match for US employees

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Commuter benefits

Flexible time-off policy

Paid parental leave

Wellness reimbursement

Annual professional development budget

Charitable donation match

Descripción de la vacante

Forward Financing seeks a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and develop AI-powered backend services and tools. You will translate business problems into scalable solutions, integrate AI services, and design end-to-end systems across microservices and data platforms.

You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers to accelerate test-and-learn experiments, ensuring reliability and maintainability in a fast-paced innovation lab environment.

Formación

• 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.
• Practical expertise in integrating third-party AI services and managing complex dependencies in multi-stack environments.
• Effective problem solver with a test-and-learn mindset, capable of rapid prototyping and iterative development.
• Excellent communication skills to present technical concepts clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Python

APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

AI integration

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's or MS in CS/Engineering

Herramientas

OpenAI API

Snowflake

AWS

Langchain

Descripción del empleo

Forward Financing seeks a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and develop AI-powered backend services and tools. You will translate business problems into scalable solutions, integrate AI services, and design end-to-end systems across microservices and data platforms.

You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers to accelerate test-and-learn experiments, ensuring reliability and maintainability in a fast-paced innovation lab environment.