Acorns · 3 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Team
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $217K/yr
5+ years expAcorns is a financial wellness app dedicated to helping individuals and families save and invest money for the long term. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their AI team, where the role involves designing a virtual agent that enhances customer support and utilizes AI technologies to empower users in making informed financial decisions.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechWealth Management
Responsibilities
Understand Acorns’ mission, vision, strategic objectives, and fintech industry knowledge while building relationships with team members, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
Review and analyze proprietary datasets, existing Vector database architecture, pipelines, and tools to identify gaps and propose improvements
Contribute to key customer-facing projects, debugging and enhancing models, scaling pipelines, and delivering the virtual support bot MVP to production
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI efforts with business goals, mentor junior team members, and drive innovation through LLM capabilities
Optimize data pipelines, establish scalable monitoring processes, and develop a roadmap for innovation aligned with fintech objectives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, or a STEM-related field
5+ years of total software engineering experience
3+ years of experience in artificial intelligence, data science, or machine learning engineering
3+ years of experience with modern cloud computing technologies, such as AWS, Bedrock, Sagemaker, Databricks, or Kubernetes
Foundational knowledge with Generative AI, Transformer, fine tuning LLM, Search ranking, RAG improvement, and LLM Agent
Experience tuning neural networks on custom datasets
Experience with Huggingface, LangChain, chatbot development
Proficiency in programming languages and analytical tools, such as Python or PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy, SciKit-Learn, Matplotlib
Hunger to deliver game-changing products
Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
Optimistic about the potential of societal change
Benefits
Competitive salary and stock options
A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family
Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off
401(k) matching
Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family
Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth
Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)
Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders
Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events
Company
Acorns
Acorns is a financial technology and services company that specializes in automated investments and robo-advice.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$510.01MKey Investors
TPGThe Rise FundJacobs Asset Management
2022-03-09Series F· $300M
2019-08-19Series Unknown
2019-01-28Series E· $105M
Leadership Team
Noah Kerner
CEO & Chairman
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Beau Sullivan
VP of Securities
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