Senior Conversational AI Engineer

Farther

• $135K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years software engineering experience with a focus on backend development.
  • Experience in building and deploying conversational AI or chatbot applications in a production environment.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, essential for the role.
  • Hands-on knowledge of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG patterns, and agent frameworks.
  • Professional delivery experience within a Fortune 500 or similar enterprise setting.
  • Self-directed with a strong inclination towards ownership and results-driven approaches.
  • Product-focused mindset oriented towards solving business challenges with AI.

Responsibilities

  • Own the development of conversational AI features from concept to production.
  • Architect and implement chatbot systems utilizing LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows.
  • Build systems adhering to professional engineering standards, ensuring quality and reliability.
  • Establish safeguards and authorization protocols for AI agents managing sensitive financial information.
  • Tackle complex problems persistently, including production issues and prompt engineering.
  • Collaborate directly with product, data engineering, and business teams to align efforts.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for learning and growth through book clubs and peer sessions.
  • Competitive compensation package designed to reward impactful contributions.
  • Work alongside top talent in the fintech industry.
  • Chance to join a fast-expanding startup in its early stages.
  • Ability to define your career path as the company grows.
  • Comprehensive health benefits including 401(k) matching and Roth IRA options.
  • Unlimited PTO for enhanced work-life balance.
  • Collaborative work environment fostering innovation across product, design, and engineering.
Full Job Description
The Role

You'll architect the conversational AI systems, transforming how clients and advisors interact with our platform. We're moving from traditional web interfaces to intelligent, agentic experiences - think LinkedIn's AI service agent model where chatbots handle real financial transactions end-to-end. We want builders who ship production AI, not researchers. You'll have real autonomy, make architectural decisions, and own outcomes. We operate differently - you're measured by results, not process.
Your Impact
  • Own conversational AI features end-to-end, from requirements through production deployment
  • Architect chatbot systems using LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows
  • Build with professional engineering standards - testing, observability, reliability, redundancy
  • Develop guardrails and authorization boundaries for AI agents handling sensitive financial data
  • Jump into difficult problems with tenacity - production issues, complex prompt engineering, unfamiliar model behaviors
  • Collaborate directly with product, data engineering, and business stakeholders
The Ideal Match
  • 5+ years software engineering experience with backend focus
  • Experience building conversational AI or chatbot applications in production
  • Strong Python and SQL skills - this is fundamentally a Python engineering role
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG patterns, and agent frameworks
  • Professional delivery experience at Fortune 500 or equivalent enterprise environment
  • Self-directed and autonomous - you thrive with ownership and prefer results over rigid process
  • Product-focused mindset - AI exists to solve business problems!
Bonus Points
  • Financial services or trading systems background
  • MLOps and production ML deployment experience
  • LLM evaluation frameworks and human-in-the-loop systems
  • Multi-step agent workflows and streaming interfaces
Why Join Us
  • Learn & grow through book clubs, seminars, and peer learning sessions
  • Competitive comp package that rewards impact
  • Work alongside some of the brightest minds in fintech
  • Ground-floor opportunity at a fast-scaling startup
  • Chart your own growth path as we expand
  • Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
  • Unlimited PTO
  • An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together

Ready to disrupt wealth management? Let's talk!

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