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Vanilla · 17 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - AI Applications

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$160K/yr - $190K/yr

6+ years exp

Vanilla is a startup aiming to modernize estate planning through an AI-powered advisory platform. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - AI Applications to leverage large language models in building applied AI applications, collaborating with engineering and subject matter experts 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 drive technical vision and leverage open source technologies and cloud services to build an AI/ML platform

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 an effective self-organizer: prioritize tasks, manage resources, and communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders

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

Qualification

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceLarge Language ModelsSoftware EngineeringPythonJavaScriptSaaS SolutionsAPI DesignData HandlingDatabase ManagementCollaborationProject ManagementProblem Solving

Required

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

6+ years relevant work experience

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

Experience building commercial SaaS solutions

Experience integrating with backend services, and APIs

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

Deep 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