Senior AI Engineer

About the role

Blend is looking for a Senior AI Engineer to help design, build and scale AI‑powered platforms and applications. The role requires translating ambiguous business problems into robust, production‑ready solutions while collaborating across frontend, backend, cloud and AI teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy scalable AI‑driven services and APIs.
• Build and maintain backend systems, integrations and AI workflows.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on AI products and internal accelerators.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, engineering standards and reusable patterns.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote technical growth within the team.
• Drive improvements in scalability, reliability, performance and developer experience.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to balance business needs, technical trade‑offs and delivery timelines.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging AI tools, frameworks and best practices.

Required profile

• Strong professional experience with Python and backend engineering.
• Proven ability to design and build scalable APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience developing AI/LLM‑powered applications or automation workflows.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Required skills

• Python
• AI/LLM technologies
• Backend engineering
• API development
• Distributed systems
• AWS
• React (or similar frontend frameworks)
• Snowflake (or modern data platforms)