Harvest by Acorns · 1 month ago
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Team
Brooklyn, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $217K/yr
5+ years expAcorns is a financial wellness app dedicated to helping individuals and families save and invest for the long term. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their AI team to design a virtual customer support agent that enhances user experience through AI technologies and data analysis.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)BankingConsumerFinancial ServicesFinTechInternetMachine Learning
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
Harvest by Acorns
Harvest uses AI & automation to help consumers increase net worth & achieve financial stability based on the PRO Index™, the leading indicator of financial health.
2-10 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$3.21MKey Investors
Barclays Corporate BankingTechstarsFinTech Sandbox
2021-03-12Acquired
2019-09-06Seed· $3.1M
2018-09-10Pre Seed· $0.11M
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