Senior Software Engineer - Applied AI

About the Company

Feathery automates data intake workflows for insurance and wealth management firms. Industry leaders rely on Feathery to power mission-critical workflows like underwriting, client onboarding, and automated account openings.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end AI features from backend services through to frontend UI
• Design and implement LLM agent systems including tool use, planning, and multi-step execution
• Develop streaming APIs (SSE) that power real-time conversational interfaces
• Build and scale TypeScript and Python services for AI orchestration and document processing
• Work with multiple LLM providers (Claude, GPT, etc.) and optimize for cost, latency, and quality
• Develop asynchronous pipelines using AWS services (Lambda, SQS, S3, Textract)
• Build responsive, interactive UIs using React and TypeScript
• Partner with product and design to define AI feature roadmaps

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of experience building full stack applications
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript proficiency with React experience
• Backend experience with Node.js/Express, Python/Django, or similar
• Genuine interest in AI/LLM technology and building AI-powered products
• API design experience, including streaming and event-driven patterns
• AWS or cloud infrastructure familiarity
• Comfort shipping iteratively in a fast-paced, high-growth startup

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs (Claude, GPT, etc.)
• Document processing, OCR, or data extraction experience
• Experience with streaming protocols (SSE, WebSockets)
• Familiarity with multi-model orchestration or AI pipeline design
• High throughput and low latency optimization background
• Financial services or regulated industry experience

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Downtown Toronto office location
• Office snacks and lunches
• Company offsite