About this role
First Continental Mortgage is seeking an Application/AI Developer in Houston, TX, reporting to the CTO. The role combines application integration, AI development and data engineering for mortgage-lending operations, with responsibility for helping shape security policies for AI-driven applications. This is a primarily remote position with occasional on-site visits for collaboration, planning and project kick-offs; travel frequency will be discussed during interviews.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain integrations between internal and third-party platforms using REST, GraphQL and webhooks.
- Build, deploy and manage AI agents and LLM-powered workflows that automate business processes and support decision-making. Identify further opportunities to reduce manual work.
- Develop data integration pipelines that reliably connect systems, databases and data warehouses.
- Work with stakeholders on information security policies and procedures for AI agents and integrations. Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize solutions for performance and reliability, and document designs, integration patterns and security standards.
Required qualifications
- Demonstrated experience with AI agents, prompt engineering and LLM frameworks or providers such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI or Anthropic.
- Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs; hands-on data warehousing experience with platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery or Redshift; and knowledge of data integration practices.
- Experience developing tools and integrations for mortgage lending, with familiarity with lending workflows, loan origination systems or related financial-services platforms.
- Ability to establish and enforce application and AI security policies covering access control, data handling and compliance. Understanding of Git, testing and CI/CD, plus strong written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills. No minimum number of years or education requirement is stated.
Preferred qualifications
Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP and managed integration services; ETL/ELT tools such as dbt, Fivetran or Airbyte; AI-relevant compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or NIST AI RMF; and workflow automation tools such as n8n, Zapier or Make.
Benefits listed include medical, dental and vision coverage, an FSA, life and disability insurance, vacation and sick time, and a 401(k).