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Vanilla · 2 days ago

Software Engineer - AI Applications

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$130K/yr - $160K/yr

4+ years exp

Vanilla is a startup aiming to modernize estate planning through AI technology. They are seeking a Software Engineer - AI Applications to develop AI-driven applications using Large Language Models, collaborating with various teams to innovate and streamline workflows.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologySoftwareWealth Management

No H1B

Responsibilities

You are passionate and knowledgeable about the current and future state of AI

You will be utilizing existing Large Language Models to build applied AI applications focused on producing high accuracy rates. Your software engineer skills will come into play here as you'll take ownership in constructing services to ingest results

You will work with product, and engineering teams and build models/services that can ingest data, extract key information and surface insights

You can build tooling to support model training, evaluation, inference serving, monitoring and alerting

You want to use the latest ML frameworks and open source tools to develop new model training pipelines

You have direct experience with software engineering and are familiar with modern languages like Python, Javascript, Go, Rust

You have experience building microservices and understand the tradeoffs of the approach

You can identify, extract, transform, and load data from disparate sources into a centralized system. You are able to normalize, cleanse, and validate this data

You are able to design and implement schemas, optimize queries, and manage database performance

You must be able to collaborate with engineers, subject matter experts, product managers, and designers to ensure the success of projects

Qualification

Machine LearningLarge Language ModelsSoftware EngineeringPythonAPI DesignData HandlingDatabase ManagementCollaborationProblem SolvingCritical Thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

4+ years relevant work experience

Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as Python or Javascript

Experience integrating with backend services, and APIs

Experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar for both chat and API interfaces

Understanding of machine learning and AI technologies, including the ability to design, train, and implement machine learning models and use natural language processing techniques for automation

Experience with tuning AI performance and scalability of AI infrastructure

Experience with API design and accessing data from external sources

Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions

Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Preferred

Bonus experience with AI observability, monitoring, and signaling with tools such as LangChain or LangGraph, or experience with RAG for tuning LLMs

You have hands-on experience with AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). You've worked with OpenAI, GPT models, or other similar technologies and have integrated them into real-world applications

You are a critically thinking software engineer. You have built and maintained scalable microservices and understand the tradeoffs of this architecture

You can build AI-powered applications with high accuracy. You understand the challenges of AI implementation and know how to optimize models, fine-tune them, and create efficient pipelines for training, evaluation, and deployment

You are a problem-solver and innovator. You love tackling undefined, ambiguous problems and applying AI to disrupt outdated processes. You're excited about revolutionizing estate planning with cutting-edge technology