AI Engineer, Platform and Data

WELLTOWER – REIMAGINE REAL ESTATE WITH USAt Welltower, we’re transforming how the world thinks about senior living and wellness-focused real estate. As a global leader in residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure, we create vibrant, purpose-driven communities where housing, healthcare, and hospitality converge. Our culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and endlessly ambitious—guided by our mantra:
The only easy day was yesterday.

We’re looking for bold, independent thinkers who thrive on challenge, embrace complexity, and are driven to deliver long-term value. Every team member is empowered to think like an owner, innovate fearlessly, and lead from where they stand. If you're passionate about outcomes and inspired by the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare infrastructure, we want you on our best-in-class team.

SUMMARY The AI Engineer, Platform and Data builds the core that everything else runs on: the data pipelines, the model and agent orchestration layer, and the APIs the applications sit on top of. You own reliability, data integrity, and the handling of sensitive data, and you turn one-off solutions into reusable platform capability.

Welltower is a global leader in wellness-focused and healthcare real estate. We move fast, think like owners, and build for long-term value. This is a hands-on AI engineering role for someone who wants to build from the ground up inside a company with real scale behind it.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines that ingest, clean, and structure data into a usable form Build the model and agent orchestration layer, and the APIs that applications consume

Turn patterns hand-rolled in the field into reusable platform primitives so future work delivers more without proportional headcount

Establish data quality frameworks and automated testing to ensure data integrity and reliability

Own reliability, data integrity, and access control

Implement data governance practices and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related technical field6+ years in backend, data, or ML infrastructure engineering, shipping production systems at scale

Strong data engineering depth: pipelines, transforms, and modeling messy real-world data into usable structure

Experience building and operating APIs and services that other engineers build on Hands-on with LLM orchestration, agent frameworks, or model serving in production

Rigor around data security and access control, ideally with regulated or sensitive data Based in the NYC metro area and able to work on-siteCOMPENSATIONSalaries may vary by location. The base salary range for this role in New York is $160,000 to $220,000. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for a total rewards package that includes an annual bonus opportunity, equity awards through our long-term incentive program, and a comprehensive benefits suite.

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.

WHAT WE OFFER Competitive Base Salary + Annual Bonus Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays Employee Stock Purchase Program – purchase shares at a 15% discount

Employer-matching 401(k) Program + Profit Sharing Program Student Debt Program – we’ll contribute up to $10,000 towards your student loans!

Tuition Assistance Program Comprehensive and progressive Medical/Dental/Vision options

Professional Growth And much more! ABOUT WELLTOWERWelltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL) an S&P 500 company, is the world's preeminent residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure company. Our portfolio of…