Senior Backend Engineer, Acorns
AI Team
$184.5-217.1k
Offers stock options
Saving & investing app
Be an early applicant
Saving & investing app
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$184.5-217.1k
Offers stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering step of micro-investing.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, or a STEM-related field
- 5+ years of total software engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience in artificial intelligence, data science, or machine learning engineering
- 3+ years of experience with modern cloud computing technologies, such as AWS, Bedrock, Sagemaker, Databricks, or Kubernetes
- Foundational knowledge with Generative AI, Transformer, fine tuning LLM, Search ranking, RAG improvement, and LLM Agent
- Experience tuning neural networks on custom datasets
- Experience with Huggingface, LangChain, chatbot development
- Proficiency in programming languages and analytical tools, such as Python or PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy, SciKit-Learn, Matplotlib
- Hunger to deliver game-changing products
- Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
- A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission
- Optimistic about the potential of societal change
What the job involves
- Acorns is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our AI team!
- Are you passionate about cutting-edge AI technologies?
- Do you thrive in an environment where your skills can redefine customer experiences and positively impact lives?
- Join Acorns as we build the future of Fintech with a customer service virtual agent that’s as empowering as our mission
- You will harness the power of AI to design a virtual agent that redefines customer support by providing personalized, real-time assistance
- You will utilize proprietary data to create intelligent, empathetic solutions that empower our users to make informed financial decisions
- Playing a pivotal role, you'll help shape a product that embodies our core values of benevolence and courage, transforming customer service into an uplifting and impactful experience
- Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA
- Understand Acorns’ mission, vision, strategic objectives, and fintech industry knowledge while building relationships with team members, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
- Review and analyze proprietary datasets, existing Vector database architecture, pipelines, and tools to identify gaps and propose improvements
- Contribute to key customer-facing projects, debugging and enhancing models, scaling pipelines, and delivering the virtual support bot MVP to production
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI efforts with business goals, mentor junior team members, and drive innovation through LLM capabilities
- Optimize data pipelines, establish scalable monitoring processes, and develop a roadmap for innovation aligned with fintech objectives
Our take
Acorns is an investment app for individuals and families, focusing on smaller scale investments, savings and retirement planning. The app allows you to set up accounts for yourself and your family members and, with money saving advice built in, its aim is to encourage saving.
Currently used by more than 8 million people, it uses bank-level security and offers a VISA credit card with the option to automatically save the ‘change’ from purchases. While there are certainly plenty of other financial wellness apps out there, Acorn sets itself apart with investment and savings products aimed at financially educating children. It's enhanced its services through smart acquisitions, such as student loan debt management company Pillar, AI-based debt reduction startup Harvest, and retirement account company Vault.
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Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Mar 2022
$300m
SERIES F
Jan 2019
$105m
SERIES E
Total funding: $504m
Company benefits
- Healthcare - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and more
- 401k
- Equity
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Unlimited Udemy classes
- Monthly wellness hour and virtual yoga classes
- Flexible Work Hours
- Quarterly Team Outings
- Personal Development Plans
- Annual Compensation Reviews
- Recognition - Using a tool called Reflektive, we like to give shout-outs to teammates who raise the bar
- Bi-Weekly 1:1s
- MacBooks
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible Work Options
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Noah Kerner
(CEO & Chairman)Also Co-Founder at Give Kids Art. Previously Board Member at Save The Music and was the Co-Founder at Say.
Jeffrey Cruttenden
(Co-Founder)They were a Partner at Cruttenden Partners, before co-founding Acorns with Walter in February 2012. In April 2017, they also co-founded Say.
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