[Remote] R&D AI Software Engineer / End-to-End Machine Learning Engineer / RAG and LLM at Pathward

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pathward Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, Software, Data ScienceIndustries

Requirements

  • Graduate of a 4+-year university degree in Computer Science with A-grades in foundational courses and Machine Learning courses
  • Passionate about delivering high-quality code and solutions that work
  • Good with data & engineering innovation in practice
  • Experienced at hands-on Machine Learning / Data Science work in the Python stack (notebooks, etc.)
  • Experienced with model monitoring, git, build systems, and CI/CD
  • Respectful of others
  • Curious of new technology
  • Fluent in English
  • Bonus Points:
  • Successful track-record in algorithms (ICPC / IOI), data science contests (Kaggle), or a HuggingFace leaderboard
  • Showing a code portfolio
  • PhD in Computer Science
  • Authoring a paper at major Machine Learning conference
  • Like playing/tinkering with new tools in the LLM stack
  • Already a part of the Pathway community, or have been recognized for your work in one of our bootcamps

Responsibilities

  • Help design experimental end-to-end ML/AI pipelines
  • Contribute to addressing new use cases, beyond state of the art
  • Improve/adapt AI pipelines for production, working directly with client data (often live data streams)
  • Invent ways to pre-process data sources and perform tweaks (reranking, model parameter configuration...) for optimal performance of AI pipelines
  • Design benchmark tasks and perform experiments
  • Build unit tests and implement model monitoring
  • Contribute high-quality production code to our developer frameworks, used by thousands of developers
  • Help to pre-process data sets for LLM training

Skills

Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
LLM
RAG
Data Preprocessing
Vector Indexing
Graph Indexing

Pathward

Financial services promoting inclusion and access

About Pathward

Pathward promotes financial inclusion for individuals and businesses by offering a variety of financial services. Operating in the fintech sector, it uses technology to enhance financial solutions. Pathward provides services such as Banking as a Service (BaaS), payment processing, credit solutions, tax solutions, and commercial finance options, catering to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals lacking access to traditional banking. Unlike many competitors, Pathward focuses on tailored services that adapt to clients' unique needs, generating revenue through fees and interest from services like working capital loans and equipment financing. The company's goal is to help clients navigate their financial journeys and achieve stability and growth, even amidst economic challenges.

Sioux Falls, South DakotaHeadquarters
1954Year Founded
IPOCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Paid Time Off
Hybrid Work Options

Risks

Increased competition from fintechs like Dash Solutions pressures Pathward to innovate.
Regulatory scrutiny may increase with Pathward's expanded commercial finance solutions.
Macroeconomic factors like inflation could impact Pathward's target demographic's purchasing power.

Differentiation

Pathward offers a comprehensive suite of financial solutions for underserved markets.
The company focuses on financial inclusion, targeting unbanked and underbanked populations.
Pathward's Banking as a Service model provides tailored solutions for financial institutions.

Upsides

Pathward's partnership with TabaPay enhances its money movement capabilities.
The company's Great Place To Work certification boosts employee morale and retention.
Pathward's expanded product suite attracts more financial institutions seeking comprehensive services.

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