Senior AI Software Engineer

Department:WDTech - R&DWe 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. WDTech 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. WDTech 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. The Impact You Will HaveAs 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.Primary ResponsibilitiesDesign, build and maintain agentic workflows that support business-critical processes and operational efficiencyContribute to Atlas by authoring reusable skills, maintaining agent definitions and improving the context and evaluation infrastructure that supports scalable AI adoptionEstablish evaluation, observability and reliability standards for agentic systems, including regression testing, tracing and guardrail implementationCollaborate with Product Management, Product Design and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutionsOwn features end-to-end, including architecture, development, testing, deployment and ongoing iterationDrive continuous improvement across the engineering stack, including performance optimization, reliability, testing and CI/CD practicesMentor engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, accountability and responsible AI usageSupport architectural discussions and technical decision-making across AI and platform engineering initiativesPerform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience8+ years of software development experienceBachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related fieldExperience delivering production AI/ML systems, including LLM-powered applications and agentic workflowsExperience with modern agent frameworks, retrieval architectures and AI system evaluation practicesHands-on experience using AI coding assistants and developer tools within engineering workflowsExperience with Amazon Web Services, event-driven architecture, Docker, Kubernetes and containerized deploymentsExperience within Real Estate, Financial Services or Capital Markets environments preferredKnowledge, Skills and AbilitiesDeep proficiency in Python and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI, with a focus on scalable and maintainable architectureStrong expertise with SQL databases, including schema design, query optimization and performance tuningExperience designing efficient, well-structured backend systems and distributed servicesExperience with queues, background task processing, scheduled jobs and caching strategies for scalable systemsStrong understanding of testing methodologies, including unit, integration and end-to-end testingWorking knowledge of UML and technical documentation practices to communicate system design effectivelyFamiliarity with Event Sourcing and Domain-Driven Design principlesDemonstrated ownership mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and organizational successAbility to work independently, provide proactive feedback and adapt to evolving priorities in an agile environmentExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders This 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.What We Offer  The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winnersComprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include: