Senior Software Engineer – AI/ML

Wealth.com

Software Engineer building AI-powered applications at Wealth.com. Designing production-grade systems for user-facing experiences in estate planning.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own problems end-to-end
Take loosely defined ideas and turn them into shipped, production features
Make architectural decisions across AI systems, backend, and frontend
Build real AI products (not demos)
Design, build, and deploy production-grade systems leveraging LLMs
Own systems that handle real user traffic, constraints, and failure modes
Develop agentic systems
Build multi-step workflows with reasoning, tool use, and structured outputs
Design systems that balance autonomy, control, and reliability
Design AI-native user experiences
Build AI-native interfaces (agentic UIs) where users collaborate with AI
Implement streaming, feedback loops, and iterative workflows
Work with tools / skills (AI capabilities)
Integrate and compose tools (“skills”) such as APIs, retrieval systems, and external actions
Design product features that leverage these capabilities effectively within agent workflows
Collaborate with AI Infrastructure to improve tool interfaces and behavior
Drive quality and performance
Build evaluation and feedback loops
Implement guardrails and monitoring
Optimize for latency, cost, and accuracy
Work across the stack
Backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend experiences
Ship quickly and iterate based on real usage

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Strong software engineering fundamentals (system design, data structures, clean code)
Proven track record of building and shipping production systems
Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, C#, and comfort working across a polyglot stack, picking up new languages and frameworks as needed
Experience building AI-powered applications in production
Hands-on experience with agentic or multi-step AI systems
Experience working with APIs or tool integrations within AI systems
Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary.
Hybrid work arrangement in the New York area
Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance options, with low-cost premium structures that demonstrate our commitment to offering great value to our employees.
100% company-paid basic life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
100% paid parental leave upon eligibility.
Company equity managed through Carta.
401k with match and 100% vesting upon hire.
Flexible PTO in an environment where taking time off to relax or recharge is supported and encouraged.
Take time off for holidays—and yes, your birthday counts too. Celebrate, relax, and recharge without thinking twice.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonTypeScriptC#system designdata structuresclean codeAI-powered applicationsagentic systemsAPIstool integrations

Soft Skills

problem ownershipcollaborationadaptabilityiterative workflowsquality driveperformance optimizationoperating in ambiguitycommunicationdesign thinkinguser experience design

Certifications

Degree in Computer ScienceDegree in Engineering