Senior Software Engineer, AI

Better • NY

235d • $190,000 - $240,000

About The Position

Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Artificial Intelligence team at Better, a leading digital mortgage company. As a Senior AI Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in revolutionizing the mortgage and homeownership industry. Together with the stakeholders and the team, you will be leading, crafting, and shaping artificial intelligence capabilities in our wholly owned Tinman Loan Origination System. AI will power the latest features for our Homeowner customers, Loan Officers, Underwriters, and more. In this role, you will build core artificial intelligence capabilities, including virtual assistants in both voice and chat bot form and implementing the tools these agents interact with across our vast platform.

Requirements

• Master's degree in engineering preferred
• 5+ years of full stack experience. Proficient in Typescript, Python, ReactJS, developing RESTful APIs and CRUD operations.
• Experience building virtual chatbots, agents, implementing tools with OpenAI or similar vendors required
• Excited to work in a fast paced, high growth startup environment.
• A commitment to writing understandable, maintainable, and tested software.
• A desire to deliver and a strong sense of accountability for your work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building and enhancing telephony/dialer systems, preferably using Twilio or similar platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the product team to innovate and iterate on existing services and develop new ones, with a focus on enhancing the digital mortgage origination process.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable software solutions that power Better's digital mortgage origination platform, utilizing a variety of technologies and programming languages.
• Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the digital mortgage origination process.
• Work closely with the compliance team to ensure that all software solutions adhere to strict state and federal regulations governing the mortgage industry.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, provide technical insights, and drive the implementation of features and enhancements aimed at improving the digital mortgage origination experience for customers and internal users.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in software engineering, mortgage technology, and regulatory requirements, continuously seeking opportunities to enhance Better's digital mortgage origination platform.

Benefits

• Benefits eligibility effective DAY ONE
• $0 medical plan premium offering coverage nationwide paired with our Health Savings Account that includes an employer contribution
• Flexible PTO
• Immediate virtual mental health support by licensed therapists for our employees and their eligible dependents age 6 and up! First few visits at no cost to you!
• Personalized care for every fertility and family care journey for our employees and their partner!
• Dependent care benefits (i.e. childcare and/or elder care costs) and commuter benefits both include a company match!
• Discount programs and perks including pet Insurance!
• In Office Perks include: Have Lunch on us! Daily lunch stipend for meals while in the office, Monthly social events, NYC HQ Oculus discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees