Prodigy Finance · 5 days ago
Software Engineer – AI & New Initiatives (Remote: South Africa or India)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
4+ years expProdigy Finance is a platform dedicated to providing socially responsible financial services for students worldwide seeking to study at top universities. As a Software Engineer in the AI & New Initiatives team, you will design and deliver backend systems that integrate AI capabilities, ensuring compliance and high standards of code quality.
EducationFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Design, build, and own backend services and APIs that power AI-enabled product capabilities
Translate business problems into AI-supported workflows, running experiments that can be evaluated and improved over time
Build scalable, reliable systems using microservices architecture and strong engineering fundamentals
Create reusable foundations that enable future AI-driven development across teams
Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Operations to deliver solutions that are technically robust and operationally viable
Ensure systems meet security, data-handling, and regulatory compliance requirements
Maintain high standards of code quality, testing, observability, and documentation
Take ownership of the reliability and maintainability of systems running in production
Classify, store, and handle data in accordance with internal policies
Qualification
Required
4+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong experience with Python, including backend development using Django
Experience designing and operating RESTful APIs and microservices
Solid understanding of production system design, scalability, and reliability
Experience translating business requirements into technical systems and workflows
Demonstrable experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
Comfort working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Experience using infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
Ability to work effectively in a fully remote, distributed team
Preferred
Exposure to AI-enabled workflows, such as LLM-based systems, orchestration, or evaluation pipelines
Familiarity with tools such as LangGraph, Langfuse, or similar frameworks
Experience building systems in regulated or compliance-heavy environments
Experience with modern Javascript frameworks like React/NextJS
Experience collaborating closely with operations or business teams
Company
Prodigy Finance
Prodigy Finance is a financing solutions for international students pursuing degrees that offer student loans for future earning potential.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$2.75BKey Investors
U.S. International Development Finance CorpCPP InvestmentsIndex Ventures
2024-11-07Debt Financing· $310M
2023-06-21Debt Financing· $350M
2021-09-15Debt Financing· $500M
Leadership Team
Cameron Stevens
Cofounder & CEO
Sam Weber
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
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