Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, 6+ years of professional software development experience, Foundational knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning, Proficiency in Python, Javascript, SQL, and C#..

Key responsibilities:

Lead and contribute to the system design for AI/ML-based services

Develop and test prompting strategies for various products over LLMs

Mentor junior team members and participate in interviewing new hires

Review code and drive technical excellence through best practices.

Job description

Who You Are:

You have 6+ years of software development experience under your belt and are looking for your next challenge in a hyper-growth, fast-paced, industry disrupting, SaaS company. You are excited to work with emerging technologies and modern tech stack with a collaborative engineering team, where you will have a direct impact in the delivery of first class software products. Your experience mentoring others, working with distributed systems, relational databases, and all things software development has prepared you to take your career to the next level.

Does this sound like you? If so, keep reading and apply today!

What you’ll do:

Lead and contribute to the system design for our AI/ML-based services

Develop, implement, and test prompting strategies for a variety of products over various LLMs

Analyze internal and external feedback and behaviors to continuously improve the quality of prompts and language output

Research and adopt best practices based on experience, analysis, and input from the broader software team.

Develop code that is highly readable, maintainable, and testable including documentation, excellent architecture, and automated testing

Actively participate in interviewing and evaluating new team members

Mentor junior members of the software engineering team in all aspects of software development across multiple projects with multiple customers

Prioritize your work and the work of others with a sense of urgency to ship products in time to have the desired business impact while balancing a quality mindset

Review code, help drive technical excellence through best practices and latest tools

What you have:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

6+ years of professional experience

Foundational knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning tailored to a specific business need

Senior level experience working with Large Language Models such as GPT-3/4, ChatGPT, Claude, or CoHere

Proficiency in Python, Javascript, SQL, C#

Knowledge of cloud computing platforms and AI deployment tools

A strong background in AI product development

Ability to define and execute on strategic and visionary goals

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work in a team environment

Extras you bring to the table:

Deploying into a public cloud service (AWS, GCP, etc.)

Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Experience in deploying AI tools

Ability to gather and preprocess data for use in ML and AI

Experience with service monitoring, metrics, alerting, log aggregation, and tracing

Experience with functional/acceptance testing

Experience with popular AI frameworks and libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, huggingface, Amazon Bedrock, or Anthropic

Why join Polly?

We are attacking a trillion-dollar market with gross inefficiencies and seeking to transform the way an entire industry operates

We have an experienced leadership team that previously built large and impactful platforms

Outstanding opportunity for professional growth and upward mobility

Direct engagement with the decision makers and senior business leaders

Competitive salaries

100% paid medical/vision/dental/disability/life insurance

Flexible PTO

Let's get to know each other.

Polly has pioneered the next generation of mortgage capital markets technology with its cutting-edge, data-driven platform. Its enterprise-grade solutions, including the industry's only cloud-native, commercially scalable product, pricing, and eligibility (PPE) engine and first-of-its-kind Polly/™ AI platform, empower the nation's top banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to increase profitability, automate workflows, and revolutionize the loan officer and broker experiences. As a mortgage technology trailblazer, Polly is committed to driving meaningful value and ROI through best-in-class innovation that enables unlimited configurability, flexibility, granularity, and scalability. Polly was founded by a seasoned team of mortgage capital markets and technology experts and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Recognized as a pioneer in mortgage capital markets, as well as in culture and career development, Polly was named to Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers in 2025. This evaluation was based on three key criteria: Employer Reputation, Employee Satisfaction, and Company Growth.

To learn more, follow Polly on LinkedIn or visit www.polly.io. Polly is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Beware of recruitment scams impersonating the Polly brand or our employees. Our team communicates only through official Polly channels, and we will never ask for sensitive information over text or conduct text-only interviews. If you are ever suspicious or in doubt, reach out to us directly at peopleteam@polly.io. We care deeply about this network and your experience.

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