AI/ML Engineer

About The Company

Greenlight is a leading family fintech company dedicated to empowering parents and children to achieve financial literacy and independence. With a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids, Greenlight offers an award-winning banking app that serves over 6 million families. The platform enables parents to automate allowances, manage chores, set flexible spending controls, and invest for their childrens future. Greenlight is committed to creating a future where every child has the opportunity to develop healthy financial habits, fostering financial well-being from a young age. The company prides itself on innovation, collaboration, and a strong dedication to making a positive impact on families lives.

About The Role

The AI/ML Engineer at Greenlight will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and deploying cutting-edge AI-powered solutions that enhance various aspects of Greenlights products and services. This includes developing intelligent features for user engagement, fraud detection, customer service automation, and marketing automation. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of large language models (LLMs), generative AI, and agentic architectures, with hands-on experience in deploying AI applications in production environments. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers and engineers, to bring innovative AI features to life efficiently and iteratively. Your responsibilities will include building scalable AI infrastructure, optimizing prompt engineering strategies, integrating AI systems into core architecture, and maintaining the end-to-end lifecycle of AI projects. The role offers an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of AI technology in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, contributing to Greenlights mission of shaping the future of financial literacy for the next generation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and deploying AI Agents and applications in production environments
• Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI concepts, and agentic architectures (multi-agent systems, tool usage, fine-tuning)
• Hands-on experience with advanced prompt engineering techniques
• Proficiency with modern AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or CrewAI
• Solid software engineering experience with building microservices or APIs using frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Node.js
• Fluency in Python or JavaScript
• Experience with AI agent deployment, testing, and monitoring, including non-deterministic agents
• Familiarity with major ML platforms such as Databricks, AWS SageMaker, or Vertex AI
• Track record of delivering high-impact products or research in dynamic environments
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for working at the forefront of AI technology with pragmatic application skills

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered software solutions to support Greenlights AI initiatives across various products
• Develop tools and infrastructure to support advanced AI workflows, including agentic architectures, distillation, and fine-tuning
• Partner with product managers and engineering teams to rapidly develop and iterate on new AI features
• Implement and optimize prompt engineering strategies, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector stores, and chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities
• Ensure seamless integration of AI systems into core architecture with a focus on performance and scalability
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of AI infrastructure and pipelines
• Own the entire lifecycle of AI projects, from ideation through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Push the boundaries of AI technology by exploring innovative approaches and solutions in a collaborative environment

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA matching
• Paid life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), and disability benefits
• Traditional 401(k) plan with company match
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays, including pop-up bonus holidays
• Professional development stipends and mental health resources
• Access to 1:1 financial planning services
• Fertility healthcare benefits
• Paid parental and caregiving leave, with additional support such as cleaning services and meals during leave
• Flexible work arrangements including remote and in-office options
• Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office social events
• Employee resource groups fostering diversity and inclusion

Equal Opportunity

Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy and childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.