Sr AI Engineer - Data

The role

You will own data-heavy features from design through production. You will improve data models, pipelines, migrations, and multi-tenant systems.

What you will do

• Own data-heavy features from design through production
• Plan pragmatic solutions for rising traffic and data volume
• Improve data models, pipelines, migrations, and multi-tenant systems
• Work in a TypeScript monorepo with Hono, Drizzle/Postgres, and AWS infrastructure
• Monitor production, investigate issues, and fix root causes
• Help the team make clear, practical technical decisions

Required qualifications

• 5+ years building, scaling, and running production software
• Strong backend engineering skills in a typed language
• Experience integrating third-party and public APIs such as OpenAI or Anthropic Claude
• Experience with relational data modeling, migrations, and production data systems
• Sound judgment when working with sensitive data and high-impact changes
• Current, hands-on experience using AI coding tools and reviewing their output
• Clear written communication
• Product sense
• Comfort owning work end to end

Nice to have

• Experience with TypeScript
• Experience with Postgres
• Experience with serverless AWS
• Experience with event-driven systems
• Experience with Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar tools
• Experience with React 19 and React Router 7

About the company

MeridianLink recently expanded its digital lending platform through the acquisition of Credit Mountain, an AI-native financial wellness platform. Their solutions help financial institutions turn loan declines into future lending opportunities.