{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"27d2eb789fb7e741d1abeae6","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/27d2eb789fb7e741d1abeae6","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/27d2eb789fb7e741d1abeae6","title":"Senior AI Software Engineer","description":"Department:\nWDTech - R&D\nWe are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.\nWDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology.\nWDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities.\nThe Impact You Will Have\nAs a Senior AI Software Engineer on our AI Dev Team, you will help shape the future of our Loan Origination and Servicing platform and the AI systems that support how we build, ship and operate software across the business. You will design and build scalable applications, intelligent workflows and agentic systems that deliver real-time insights and operational efficiency for our teams and clients. You will also contribute to Atlas, our AI collaboration platform that powers reusable skills, agents and AI capabilities across WDTech. In this role, you will help transform complex, data-rich systems into intuitive and high-performing experiences through thoughtful engineering and applied AI.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nDesign, build and maintain agentic workflows that support business-critical processes and operational efficiency\nContribute to Atlas by authoring reusable skills, maintaining agent definitions and improving the context and evaluation infrastructure that supports scalable AI adoption\nEstablish evaluation, observability and reliability standards for agentic systems, including regression testing, tracing and guardrail implementation\nCollaborate with Product Management, Product Design and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions\nOwn features end-to-end, including architecture, development, testing, deployment and ongoing iteration\nDrive continuous improvement across the engineering stack, including performance optimization, reliability, testing and CI/CD practices\nMentor engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, accountability and responsible AI usage\nSupport architectural discussions and technical decision-making across AI and platform engineering initiatives\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nEducation and Experience\n8+ years of software development experience\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field\nExperience delivering production AI/ML systems, including LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows\nExperience with modern agent frameworks, retrieval architectures and AI system evaluation practices\nHands-on experience using AI coding assistants and developer tools within engineering workflows\nExperience with Amazon Web Services, event-driven architecture, Docker, Kubernetes and containerized deployments\nExperience within Real Estate, Financial Services or Capital Markets environments preferred\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities\nDeep proficiency in Python and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI, with a focus on scalable and maintainable architecture\nStrong expertise with SQL databases, including schema design, query optimization and performance tuning\nExperience designing efficient, well-structured backend systems and distributed services\nExperience with queues, background task processing, scheduled jobs and caching strategies for scalable systems\nStrong understanding of testing methodologies, including unit, integration and end-to-end testing\nWorking knowledge of UML and technical documentation practices to communicate system design effectively\nFamiliarity with Event Sourcing and Domain-Driven Design principles\nDemonstrated ownership mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and organizational success\nAbility to work independently, provide proactive feedback and adapt to evolving priorities in an agile environment\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills\nAbility to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes\nCourtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders\nThis position has an estimated base salary of $160,000 - $190,000 plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.\n#LI-MR1\n#LI-Remote\nWhat We Offer\nThe opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners\nComprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include:\n\nUp to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions\nCompetitive dental and vision benefits\n401(k) + match\nPre-tax transit and commuting benefits\nA robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that\npromote health, engagement, and balance\n\nPaid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs\nCompany-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance\nHealth Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending\nCareer development opportunities\nEmpowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching\n\nEligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked\nEEO Statement\nWe are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers.\nSPAM\nPlease be wary of recruitment scams. An indication of a scam might be a request for sensitive or bank information at the time of application or emails coming from a non walkerdunlop.com email address. Please call us at 301.215.5500, if you have any concerns about information requested during or after the application process.\nFair Chance Hiring\nBackground checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. 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We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.\nWDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology.\nWDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities.\nThe Impact You Will Have\nAs a Senior AI Software Engineer on our AI Dev Team, you will help shape the future of our Loan Origination and Servicing platform and the AI systems that support how we build, ship and operate software across the business. You will design and build scalable applications, intelligent workflows and agentic systems that deliver real-time insights and operational efficiency for our teams and clients. You will also contribute to Atlas, our AI collaboration platform that powers reusable skills, agents and AI capabilities across WDTech. In this role, you will help transform complex, data-rich systems into intuitive and high-performing experiences through thoughtful engineering and applied AI.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nDesign, build and maintain agentic workflows that support business-critical processes and operational efficiency\nContribute to Atlas by authoring reusable skills, maintaining agent definitions and improving the context and evaluation infrastructure that supports scalable AI adoption\nEstablish evaluation, observability and reliability standards for agentic systems, including regression testing, tracing and guardrail implementation\nCollaborate with Product Management, Product Design and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions\nOwn features end-to-end, including architecture, development, testing, deployment and ongoing iteration\nDrive continuous improvement across the engineering stack, including performance optimization, reliability, testing and CI/CD practices\nMentor engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, accountability and responsible AI usage\nSupport architectural discussions and technical decision-making across AI and platform engineering initiatives\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nEducation and Experience\n8+ years of software development experience\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field\nExperience delivering production AI/ML systems, including LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows\nExperience with modern agent frameworks, retrieval architectures and AI system evaluation practices\nHands-on experience using AI coding assistants and developer tools within engineering workflows\nExperience with Amazon Web Services, event-driven architecture, Docker, Kubernetes and containerized deployments\nExperience within Real Estate, Financial Services or Capital Markets environments preferred\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities\nDeep proficiency in Python and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI, with a focus on scalable and maintainable architecture\nStrong expertise with SQL databases, including schema design, query optimization and performance tuning\nExperience designing efficient, well-structured backend systems and distributed services\nExperience with queues, background task processing, scheduled jobs and caching strategies for scalable systems\nStrong understanding of testing methodologies, including unit, integration and end-to-end testing\nWorking knowledge of UML and technical documentation practices to communicate system design effectively\nFamiliarity with Event Sourcing and Domain-Driven Design principles\nDemonstrated ownership mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and organizational success\nAbility to work independently, provide proactive feedback and adapt to evolving priorities in an agile environment\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills\nAbility to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes\nCourtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders\nThis position has an estimated base salary of $160,000 - $190,000 plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.\n#LI-MR1\n#LI-Remote\nWhat We Offer\nThe opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners\nComprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include:\n\nUp to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions\nCompetitive dental and vision benefits\n401(k) + match\nPre-tax transit and commuting benefits\nA robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that\npromote health, engagement, and balance\n\nPaid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs\nCompany-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance\nHealth Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending\nCareer development opportunities\nEmpowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching\n\nEligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked\nEEO Statement\nWe are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers.\nSPAM\nPlease be wary of recruitment scams. An indication of a scam might be a request for sensitive or bank information at the time of application or emails coming from a non walkerdunlop.com email address. Please call us at 301.215.5500, if you have any concerns about information requested during or after the application process.\nFair Chance Hiring\nBackground checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. We will consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of arrest and conviction records, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.","datePosted":"2026-08-05T12:50:45.989Z","dateModified":"2026-08-05T12:50:45.989Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Walker","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Remote","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"27d2eb789fb7e741d1abeae6"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/27d2eb789fb7e741d1abeae6"}}