Applied AI Engineer (Python/AI)

About this role

About BrightPlan

BrightPlan is a leader in Total Financial Wellness. We provide a comprehensive global solution that addresses all aspects of employees’ financial health at every stage of life, empowering HR teams to enhance the employee experience and better attract, retain, and engage talent.

We are a remote-first SaaS company building practical AI-powered solutions that improve real financial outcomes for users. Our team values accountability, curiosity, thoughtful execution, and continuous learning.

We are expanding our engineering team to build the next generation of AI-powered financial wellness tools. This role focuses on building and shipping practical AI capabilities within a production SaaS platform rather than research-oriented model development.

The Role

We are looking for an Applied AI Engineer to help build and expand AI-powered product features across our platform, with an initial focus on enhancing our AI Coach experience.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys the practical application of generative AI in production environments and works closely with product managers and engineers to translate ideas into production-ready features for customers. You will combine Python development, prompt design, and structured data work to deliver user-facing AI functionality.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact AI features in a real-world fintech environment.

Success in this role requires more than experience with AI tools. We value engineers who use AI thoughtfully to explore ideas, accelerate development, and continuously improve solutions while applying sound engineering judgement to build reliable production systems.

What You’ll Do

• Build and enhance AI-powered product features in collaboration with product and engineering teams
• Write and refine prompts to improve response quality and feature performance
• Develop Python-based services and APIs supporting AI workflows
• Work with structured data in PostgreSQL and v...