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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer, Platform And Data - **Company:** Welltower Inc - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000 - $220,000 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Data as a Services, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Security, Data Systems, Machine Learning, Software Deployment, AI Infrastructure, Data Logging, Large Language Models, Backend, Agentic-AI, Information Technology, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines - **Published:** November 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/ai-engineer-platform-and-data-new-york-ny--eb3a3ab8-1adb-41e7-a4e1-780aab06b85e ## About the Role Artificial Intelligence (AI), Healthcare, Real Estate, Team Player, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Modeling, Data Quality, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience may be considered. * 6+ years of experience in backend, data, machine learning infrastructure, platform engineering, or a related engineering discipline, including experience delivering and supporting production systems at scale. * Strong data engineering experience, including pipelines, transformations, data models, and structuring complex or unstructured real-world data for production use. * Experience designing, building, and operating APIs, backend services, or shared platform capabilities used by other engineers, applications, or products. * Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration, agent frameworks, model serving, retrieval-based systems, or similar AI infrastructure in a production environment. * Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, testing, monitoring, version control, and production deployment practices. * Experience working with data security, access control, governance, and privacy requirements; experience with regulated or sensitive data is preferred. * Strong problem-solving skills, sound technical judgment, and an ownership mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment. * Must be based in the New York City metropolitan area and able to work onsite. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug screening, and verification of employment, education, and other credentials relevant to the position. ## Description The AI Engineer, Platform and Data will build and scale the core infrastructure supporting Welltower's AI capabilities, including data pipelines, model and agent orchestration, and APIs. This role will focus on creating reliable, reusable solutions that enable teams to move quickly while maintaining strong standards for data quality, security, and performance. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who is comfortable building from the ground up and partnering across teams to bring AI solutions into production., * Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines that ingest, transform, normalize, and structure complex data for downstream applications, analytics, and AI solutions. * Build and support the model and agent orchestration layer, including the services, APIs, tools, and integration patterns required to bring AI capabilities into production workflows. * Develop reusable platform components and shared services that allow engineering and product teams to build new AI-enabled applications efficiently and consistently. * Identify repeatable patterns across use cases and convert them into scalable platform frameworks and standards that can be leveraged across the organization. * Establish data quality frameworks, automated testing, and monitoring to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data used by AI systems. * Build observability and operational controls for AI and data services, including monitoring, logging, performance measurement, error handling, and issue resolution. * Own the reliability, performance, and maintainability of production AI, data, and platform services, proactively identifying opportunities to improve resilience and scalability. * Implement appropriate data governance, security, access controls, and privacy practices to support the responsible use of sensitive and regulated information. * Evaluate new AI infrastructure, model-serving, orchestration, and data technologies and determine where they can meaningfully improve Welltower's platform capabilities. * Contribute to technical architecture and engineering best practices while remaining hands-on in the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of production systems. OTHER DUTIES Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of this employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. TRAVEL Occasional out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.