Remote Staff Applied AI Engineer - Backend AI Systems

Forward Financing is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to architect and develop AI-powered backend systems. You will design scalable services, integrate AI capabilities with OpenAI, Claude, and Hugging Face, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, experimentation, and translating business needs into technical implementations across a modern AWS-based stack, with a remote-first culture.