Staff Software Engineer — AI Platform Architect & Mentor (Remote)

NerdWallet, Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible vacation + holidays

New parent leave

Mental health support

Sabbatical after 5 years

401K match

WFH equipment stipend

Job summary

NerdWallet is seeking a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical direction for AI platform integrations and to build production LLM-backed systems that run across third‑party assistants. You’ll architect and implement core platform components, balance shared vs platform-specific needs, mentor engineers, and partner with engineering and product leadership to shape long‑term roadmaps.

This role reports to the Director of Engineering and offers a remote-friendly, inclusive culture

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with staff-level experience.
• Hands-on with production backend systems and LLM-backed features.
• Experience designing APIs and shared services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction for AI platform integrations.
• Build a lot of it yourself with production-grade code.
• Design for reuse across platforms and define abstractions and patterns.
• Track evolving platform protocols, SDKs, and policies and translate them into roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and raise the engineering bar through reviews and standards.

Skills

Staff-level leadership

LLM integration experience

TypeScript stack

Architecting systems

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Node.js

React

GraphQL

Postgres

Redis

Job description

NerdWallet is seeking a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical direction for AI platform integrations and to build production LLM-backed systems that run across third‑party assistants. You’ll architect and implement core platform components, balance shared vs platform-specific needs, mentor engineers, and partner with engineering and product leadership to shape long‑term roadmaps.

This role reports to the Director of Engineering and offers a remote-friendly, inclusive culture