Software Engineer – AI Systems

Software Engineer - AI Systems

Location: Hybrid - Irvine, CA

Job Type: Full-Time

Mutual of Omaha is a Fortune 300 Company. Mutual of Omaha Mortgage is inspired by hometown values and a commitment to being responsible and caring for each other. We exist for the benefit of our customers and employees.

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage is a full-service lending company offering both Forward and Reverse Mortgage products including a complete line of residential mortgage, refinancing, specialty, and HECM loans. We employ a knowledgeable staff of experienced Loan Officers with an operations team that is second to none. If you are interested in joining a team that promotes from within and works together toward a common goal of helping customers with their mortgage needs, please review and apply for our opening below!

Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with a strong focus on AI systems to join our team. This role centers on designing, building, and maintaining AI-driven services and agentic workflows, with hands-on Anthropic SDK/API experience as a core requirement. The ideal candidate blends prompt engineering skill, comfort building and debugging agentic loops, and solid full-stack fundamentals (Python, TypeScript/React, SQL). This person should think about both software-engineering discipline and AI-system behavior: testing, scaling, and securing AI-backed applications the same way any production system would be.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, deploy web applications, AI-driven services and agentic pipelines (tool-use loops, multi-step agents, orchestration)
• Build and maintain integrations with Anthropic API/SDK (Claude models, tool use, prompt caching, streaming)
• Write, iterate, and evaluate prompts for reliability, safety, and cost efficiency
• Develop RESTful APIs (Python) and React/TypeScript front ends around AI features
• Own DevOps for AI services: CI/CD, containerization (Docker), cloud deploy (AWS/Azure), monitoring/observability for agent runs
• Write optimized SQL against relational DBs
• Design automated test frameworks for both deterministic code and non-deterministic AI outputs (eval harnesses, regression suites)
• Collaborate cross-functional with teams and translate business needs into AI-backed technical solutions
• Maintain technical docs (architecture, prompt design decisions, agent behavior/limits)

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience working with Python and Flask or Django
• Must-have: Hands on experience with Anthropic SDK/API and Claude Console
• Proficiency with Git
• Strong experience with RESTful API development
• Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres)
• Comfortable building and debugging agentic loops (tool-call cycles, multi-turn agents, error recovery, self-verification patterns)
• Judgment to scope an AI solution appropriately -- knows when multi-agent orchestration is overkill versus warranted
• Some DevOps exposure: Docker, CI/CD, cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
• Proficiency with Git
• Familiarity with testing libraries (pytest, jest); LLM eval framework experience a plus
• Strong debugging skills for complex, partially non-deterministic systems
• Excellent communication skills: ability to explain AI behavior, limits, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
• Stays current with the broader AI landscape -- local/open-source models, emerging tooling, and alternatives to hosted APIs -- and can speak to tradeoffs (cost, latency, privacy, quality) between running a model locally versus calling a hosted API

The annual salary for this position is $135,000-$150,000. This position offers eligibility for incentive compensation.

_Mutual of Omaha Mortgage is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage diverse, talented, qualified applicants to apply. We offer an extensive compensation package. Benefits include: _

• Vacation -- Vacation hours accrue on a per pay period basis. Balance maximums are based on years of service.
• Paid Sick Time -- 40 hours of paid sick time after 90 days of employment. State sick time requirements will be added as needed.
• 9 Paid Holidays + 1 Cultural Celebration Day (Floating Holiday)
• Multiple PPO Medical Plans, as well as HDHP eligible plan.
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 401K with a generous employer match
• Additional Benefits including - Optional Life, FSA, Pet Insurance etc.
• Free Legal Services
• Employee Loan Program