Applied AI Engineer, Blend
$116-137k
+ Equity
Digital lending platform
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Digital lending platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$116-137k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide better lending for everyone, streamlining the end-to-end customer journey for banking products.
Role
Who you are
- Professional experience in an Applied AI, Machine Learning Engineer, or similar role, with a strong track record of deploying AI models into production
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or a related quantitative field
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with relevant libraries for data processing, API development, and working with foundational models (e.g., Hugging Face Transformers, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Google AI SDKs)
- Hands-on experience with at least one agentic framework (e.g., DSPy, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen) for building AI-powered applications
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform for AI/ML development and deployment
- You are an Excellent communicator and can operate independently & collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, driving projects to a successful outcome
- Ability and willingness to help others succeed and be productive
What the job involves
- We are seeking an Applied AI Engineer to join our team and contribute to the continued success of Blend
- As an Applied AI Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our agentic solutions
- You will work closely with our product development team to understand and translate customer needs into functional and scalable software solutions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and translate business requirements into technical specifications & code
- Integrate and adapt state-of-the-art AI models, with a strong focus on utilizing and orchestrating large foundational models (e.g. , GPT, Llama, Gemini, Claude, Stable Diffusion) and pre-trained AI services from cloud providers or open-source libraries
- Design, implement, and deploy AI agents and multi-agent systems using frameworks like DSPy, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, or similar, to automate complex tasks and enable more sophisticated interactions
- Develop and refine effective prompt engineering strategies to guide foundational models, ensuring optimal performance and desired outputs for specific applications
- Develop a rigorous eval framework to assess model performance and track model drift, data quality issues, and performance degradation
- Identify and troubleshoot defects and issues, ensuring timely resolution
- Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and ensure best practices
- Encourage great habits to enhance team practices by participating in code reviews
- You’ll have an opportunity to propose new ideas and build features end-to-end
Our take
Nowadays, the vast majority of housing deals are done online. This is possible because of companies like Blend, a digital banking platform out to simplify the mortgage process.
Blend is used by major banks and financial institutions to offer mortgages and consumer loans. It has proved popular thus far, although its success continues to be tied to interest rates and the housing market, which means a few bumps in the road are inevitable.
That being said, in 2023 the company set out a "path to profitability" that takes this into account. This should make for strong, and more importantly sustainable, growth in the future
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2021
$300m
SERIES G
Aug 2020
$75m
SERIES F
Total funding: $665m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Wellness program that covers a variety of activities, gym memberships, and more
- Partnerships to support all of life’s milestones: Origin Financial Wellness, Compsych Employee Assistance Program, RocketLawyer Legal Plan, and more
- Various leave programs including 16 weeks of paid parental leave with no tenure requirement
- Thoughtful, regular performance reviews
- Support for workshops and lectures to develop your craft
- Meaningful equity and 401(k) plan
- “Employee-first” environment, where most employees can work wherever they choose
- Flexible work schedule
- Open vacation policy
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Nima Ghamsari
(Founder & Head)They studied Computer Science at Harvard before working for 4 years in Business Development and Engineering at Palantir Technologies.
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