AI Developer at Zelody in Portland, OR

Summary: Zelody is rebuilding financial infrastructure with an AI-first approach and is seeking an AI Developer who is passionate about LLMs and autonomous agents. The role involves prototyping AI-driven features, testing and improving the platform, and shipping production code in a fast-paced startup environment. Responsibilities: - Prototype: Rapidly build "proof of concept" features using AI frameworks - Test and improve the platform: Work alongside senior mentors to learn how to make AI reliable, secure, and compliant in a regulated banking environment - Ship Production Code: Contribute to our core TypeScript/Node.js stack, ensuring our AI agents play nice with our broader infrastructure Required Qualifications: - 1-3 years of professional software engineering experience - A portfolio of 'AI Experiments': Whether it's a side project, a GitHub repo, or a complex automation you built for fun—we want to see - Develop and refine agentic workflows that handle real-world financial what you've tried - Understanding of LLMs: You understand the basics of how LLMs work (tokens, context windows, temperature, and RAG) - You thrive in a startup environment where things move fast and your work has a direct impact on the company's success - Experience with TypeScript/Node.js - Some experience with cloud systems like AWS, event-driven architectures - Early Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.) - You've built something that uses an LLM to 'do' something (execute a tool or call an API), not just 'say' something Preferred Qualifications: - Fintech experience is a 'nice to have,' but your ability to build is what matters Required Skills: TypeScript, Node.js, Cloud systems, AWS, Event-driven architectures, Vector databases, Large language models (LLMs), AI frameworks, Financial technology (Fintech), AI-driven workflows, Curiosity, Drive, thrive in a fast-paced startup environment