AI Engineer

Wellfit is the dental industry’s fintech solution! A healthcare fintech company that enhances experiences between patients, providers, employers and payors. Wellfit provides access to treatment and care of all by removing financial barriers. 

About the Role: 

The AI Engineer position, is a key role for our organization. You will be immersed in a high performing and frequently challenged team responsible for researching and experimenting with new technology and processes to optimize our ability to deliver leading-edge solutions to our customers. You will lead and/or consult with team members at all levels of the organization as you work with them to optimize their solutions and to incorporate innovative new ways of doing things.  

What You’ll Do: 

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function at a high degree of proficient execution.  The requirements listed below are representative, but not all inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Take on a technical role by taking a hands-on approach developing systems that integrate with new and existing Wellfit technologies and products. 

• Demonstrate expertise in the code and the various teams' software development processes. 

• Help to continuously improve both software and processes.   

• Evaluate multiple approaches to technical problems and be able to recommend one solution after considering limitations and challenges. 

• Be proficient in applying the scientific method to execute research and development Initiatives. 

• Communicate clearly with others regarding project status and risks, and to ensure that work is aligned with the Wellfit's Innovation Strategy. 

• Serve as a role model for excellent software skills and a source of expertise to participants in Wellfit's Innovation program. 

• Ensure that code is efficient, scalable, maintainable, extensible, robust and easy to understand. Diagnose and fix code problems.   

• Deliver code that meets requirements on schedule. 

• Optimize code to improve tool run time and memory capacity.   

• Create unit, regression and/or system-level tests to thoroughly validate new features or changes. 

• Communicate solution, design, high level architecture through documentation including diagrams. 

Qualifications: 

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field. 

• 5+ years of experience in Full Stack Development with ASP.NET, .NET Framework 2.0, C#, and SQL and/or equivalent back-end development experience using Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django) with strong database skills.

• 5+ years of experience in Web Development, Javascript frameworks, Angular.  

• Hands-on experience building AI-powered features, integrating machine learning models, or using AI tooling to acscelerate development workflows

• Experience performing proofs of concept, research and development, or pure research. 

• Strong background with solid understanding of standards and best practices in web development, data structures, algorithms, and debugging. 

• Experience working with Cloud API's, Web Services, Source Control tools. 

• Experience in writing, refactoring, debugging, testing code.  

• Experience with unit testing (TDD, BDD, ATDD). 

• Demonstrated technical leadership, and successful delivery of projects involving multiple engineers.   

• Solid understanding of cloud service providers such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure and services each provides. 

• Familiarity with Domain Driven Design. 

• Familiarity with Design Thinking and Human-centered Design. 

• Demonstrated expertise In Artificial Intelligence and related disciplines. 

• Experience with Microservices, DevOps, GIT, Framework Development, Full-Stack Engineering. 

Why Wellfit?

• Make an Impact: Your work will directly shape the financial backbone of one of the most innovative healthcare fintech companies in the U.S.

• Work Flexibly: Hybrid model based in Dallas with 3 days/week in-office.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Full medical, dental, vision, and generous PTO.

• Invest in Your Future: Competitive salary, bonus eligibility, and 401(k) matching.

• Fast-Growth Environment: A rare opportunity to grow with a profitable startup on a national trajectory.