Software Engineer, AI Engineer, Machine Learning​/ ML Engineer

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Woods & Co is partnered with a rapidly scaling VC backed fintech platform building AI-powered software that personalizes financial decision-making across consumers, advisors, and institutions. The ideal candidate will take ownership of backend architecture, data pipelines, and infrastructure across multiple AI-driven product lines. This role sits at the intersection of systems design, execution, and technical leadership, with direct exposure to roadmap decisions and platform strategy.

They will work end-to-end from architectural design through to writing and launching code, all in a fast-paced environment.

• Design and implement scalable backend systems, infrastructure, and data pipelines supporting AI-enabled products
• Write, review, and ship high-quality production code across Python, Type Script, and related technologies
• Make key architectural decisions across cloud infrastructure, system design, and data flow
• Partner closely with product, data/AI, and Dev Ops teams to deliver secure, reliable, and performant systems
• Act as a go-to technical resource for complex backend, infrastructure, and data challenges
• Contribute technical insight into build vs. buy decisions and longer-term platform investments
• Continuously improve system reliability, developer experience, and scalability as the business grows

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in backend systems and infrastructure
• Strong background working in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments
• Proven track record of building and shipping data-heavy or AI-driven products end-to-end
• Strong hands‑on coding ability in Python and Type Script
• Experience designing and scaling data pipelines and integrating with AI/ML systems
• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational databases (Postgres, SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, etc.)
• Comfortable balancing hands‑on execution with architectural vision and technical leadership
• Commercially minded, pragmatic, and comfortable operating with ambiguity

• Highly competitive base salary (commensurate with seniority and experience)
• Meaningful equity participation, aligned with long-term value creation
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement benefits and flexible PTO
• Direct access to senior leadership and influence over core platform decisions
• Opportunity to help shape and scale a category-defining fintech platform

If you're as passionate about this position as we are, then please don't delay and APPLY NOW! We are interviewing immediately! To find out more about this position, please call Luca on  or email lucabal

Woods & Co Recruitment is committed to creating a positively diverse and inclusive workforce that values all backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate and encourage applications (no matter age or status), people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members and genders of the LGBTQI community, and people with disability.