Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI (Winnipeg)

Forward Financing is a financial technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with team members across the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada. The company’s mission is to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America.

Role Overview

The Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI will architect and develop systems, tools, and agents that leverage existing foundational AI models to deliver impactful AI‑powered solutions. You will work in a fast‑paced innovation lab, driving test‑and‑learn experiments, focusing on system design, scalability, and seamless AI service integration.

Responsibilities

• Translate high‑level business problems into functional AI solutions by creating and executing end‑to‑end solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that deploy and integrate AI‑powered features using foundational models (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Hugging Face).
• Implement scalable, reliab...