Senior Software Engineer for AI-Powered Banking Platform

<p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> </p> <p>We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale production-grade AI-powered financial products. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on backend platform development, AI integration, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate has strong experience with TypeScript, Python, cloud-native architectures, and applying LLMs in real-world production environments.</p><p>General Information</p><p>Our client is a fast-growing, Series A-backed AI company delivering agentic AI solutions to banks and credit unions. Their platform is already serving over 100 financial institutions and more than 10 million end users.</p><p>The Senior Software Engineer will work closely with the VP of Engineering, CTO, and CEO to design, build, and operate scalable backend services and AI-powered applications. This role combines platform engineering with practical AI implementation, requiring an engineer who enjoys building production systems rather than conducting AI research.</p><p>Tasks and Deliverables</p><ul><li>Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services powering AI-driven financial products.</li><li>Own technical decisions across system architecture, APIs, data models, performance, security, and reliability.</li><li>Build backend applications using TypeScript and Python, while contributing to frontend functionality with JavaScript when needed.</li><li>Integrate LLMs and agentic AI capabilities into production software.</li><li>Design and implement distributed, cloud-native systems with strong observability and operational excellence.</li><li>Define engineering best practices around code quality, testing, deployment, and incident response.</li><li>Collaborate closely with product, design, data, and engineering leadership to deliver customer-facing features.</li><li>Utilize modern AI development tools to improve engineering productivity and software quality.</li></ul><p>Required Experience</p><ul><li>5+ years of profess