Senior AI Engineer – MANTL

Alkami Technology

Remote AI Engineer developing AI capabilities for Alkami, a digital banking platform provider. Collaborating with the AI Engineering team to enhance the Elixir platform's features and security.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $136,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ElixirJavaJavaScriptLinuxNoSQLPythonReactSQLSvelteTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with the AI Engineering lead to ship features from day one, ramping quickly into independent contributions on the Elixir platform
Complete a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) rotation in months 1–2 — embed with a business function to learn what the platform must support by being the one who needs it
Contribute to Elixir’s core platform: skill execution runtime, tool/MCP registry, retrieval and memory primitives, evaluation harnesses, observability and cost telemetry, and multi-model routing
Extend the skills surface: creating, editing, version control, AI assistance, testing, benchmarking, and permissions
Build event-driven background agents — absorb support-ticket pre-triage, ambient agents, and webhook-driven flows into Elixir as native event-driven flows
Productize what FDEs build — extract platform-level needs so each engagement compounds rather than serializes
Make Elixir secure for production — PII handling, access control, audit logging, evaluation gates, sandboxing, and multi-tenant isolation
Maintain clear and proactive communication with stakeholders and cross-functional partners
Demonstrate self-sufficiency by independently managing tasks, problem-solving, and meeting deadlines while adapting to new challenges.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience as a software, data, or AI engineer
Fluent in Python and at least one typed language (TypeScript, C#, Java, or equivalent)
Internalized CS fundamentals: complexity analysis, recursion, algorithms, and data structures
Practical database depth — ACID transactions, contention, indexes, and migrations in both SQL and NoSQL environments
Has built at least one full-stack application from scratch in a modern JavaScript framework (React or Svelte)
Basic proficiency in Linux, sandboxed execution, micro-VMs, and containerization
Trainable and coachable — works best for someone without hardened framework preferences who is excited by an intense mentorship environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
Proven ability to work cross-functionally across engineering and business teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first environment
Unlimited paid time off
401(k) with employer match
Diverse and inclusive culture
Fun culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

ElixirPythonTypeScriptC#JavaSQLNoSQLReactSvelteACID transactions

Soft Skills

self-sufficiencyproblem-solvingadaptabilitystrong written communicationstrong verbal communicationcross-functional collaborationtrainablecoachable