AI Software Engineer

Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest. 

At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered software solutions to support Greenlight’s AI initiatives across user-facing products, fraud detection, customer service automation, marketing automation, and more
• Develop tools and infrastructure to support advanced AI  workflows including agentic architectures  as well as future work in distillation and fine-tuning
• Partner with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams to bring new AI features to life quickly and iteratively
• Implement and optimize prompt engineering strategies, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector stores, and chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities.
• Ensure robust integration of AI systems into our core architecture, with high performance and scalability
• Contribute to our AI infrastructure and pipelines
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of your work—from ideation to production, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Push the boundaries of what’s possible with state-of-the-art AI technologies, working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative team

• Strong software engineering background, ideally with experience developing distributed systems or microservices (Kotlin experience a plus)
• Solid understanding of modern AI/ML techniques including large language models, transformers, and fine-tuning strategies
• Hands-on experience with prompt engineering, LangChain (or similar frameworks), vector databases, and model deployment
• Experience with Databricks or equivalent ML platforms
• Ability to design, build, and maintain ML pipelines and serve models in production
• A track record of shipping high-impact products or research in fast-moving environments
• Curiosity and excitement for working at the cutting edge of AI—paired with the pragmatism to apply it where it makes the most impact
• Bonus: Experience with ML infrastructure or MLOps

• Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match 
• Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits 
• Traditional 401k with company match
• Unlimited PTO 
• Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays 
• Professional development stipends
• Mental health resources  
• 1:1 financial planners
• Fertility healthcare
• 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave
• Flexible WFH, both remote and in-office opportunities
• Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours
• Employee resource groups

Our stance on salaries:

Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package with a market-based approach to pay and will vary depending on your location, experience and skill set. The total compensation package for this position will also include a discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401K match, and more. Greenlight conducts continuous compensation evaluations across departments and geographies to ensure we are keeping our pay current and competitive.

The estimated base pay range for this position in (NY, CA, WA): $122,000- $180,000

The estimated base pay range for this position in (CO): $122,000- $160,000

Who we are:

It takes a special team to aim for a never-been-done-before mission like ours. We’re looking for people who love working together because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, “How can I help?” and then “How can we make this even better?” If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help parents raise a financially smart generation, apply to join our team.

Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will 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, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Greenlight is committed to an inclusive work environment and interview experience. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in our hiring process, please reach out to your recruiter directly or email [email protected].