Lead/Staff AI Acceleration Engineer

Dave

Lead AI Acceleration Engineer at Dave overseeing AI deployment and infrastructure development to enhance financial products. Collaborate with data teams to enable AI-driven workflows and insights.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $174,000 - $269,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowKafkaKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help shape the systems that power how AI agents are created, connected to data, and safely deployed across the company
Create the underlying infrastructure and patterns that allow teams across Dave to build and trust AI-driven workflows
Partner closely with Data Engineering, building on a trusted data platform to create an AI Agent Factory that scales across the business
Establish how AI operates across Dave, enabling teams to move faster with better information
Build and operate systems end-to-end, focusing on execution and reliability

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years in data engineering, ML engineering, AI infrastructure, or platform engineering
Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications, agents, or tool-use systems in production
Experience connecting LLMs to structured data in a safe, reliable way (APIs, data access layers, context delivery, governance)
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing, monitoring, and production reliability
Experience with modern data and ML tooling (e.g., Python, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Kubernetes or equivalents)
Experience operating production systems, including CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response
Experience designing evaluation frameworks for AI systems (Bonus)
Familiarity with semantic layer tools (e.g., dbt metrics layer, LookML) (Bonus)
Experience in fintech or other regulated environments (Bonus)
Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling used across teams (Bonus)
Exposure to data lineage, audit systems, or compliance automation (Bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals
Flexible hours and virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend
Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans
Generous paid parental and caregiver leave
401(k) savings plan with matching contributions
Financial advisor and financial wellness support
Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break
All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringML engineeringAI infrastructureplatform engineeringLLM-powered applicationsAPIsproduction reliabilityCI/CDmonitoringincident response

Soft Skills

executionreliabilitycollaboration