Director of AI Documentation Intelligence & Automation

Information TechnologyRemote, United States, United States


Description

AmeriSave is transforming consumer lending by building intelligent systems that simplify access to mortgages, home equity loans, and personal loans. As we expand our digital capabilities, we’re investing in advanced AI to automate and optimize every step of the customer journey.
Role Overview:
We’re hiring a Director of AI Document Intelligence & Automation to lead the strategy and execution of our document-to-data transformation initiatives. This leader will architect scalable systems using OCR, NLP, LLMs (including Gemini, OpenAI, Claude), and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) platforms.
Beyond building today’s solutions, this role is responsible for evaluating emerging technologies, identifying what’s best now and what’s next, and continuously improving our document intelligence capabilities to stay ahead of the curve.
Responsibilities:
  • Architect and lead development of AI-powered document processing pipelines.  
  • Evaluate and integrate IDP platforms (e.g., Klippa, Rossum, Docsumo, Nanonets).  
  • Build scalable APIs and services for document ingestion, classification, and structured data extraction.  
  • Stay on the cutting edge of AI advancements—especially in LLMs like Gemini—and assess their applicability to AmeriSave’s workflows.  
  • Collaborate with product, data science, and operations to optimize downstream analytics and decisioning.  
  • Drive innovation in post-OCR structuring (tables, formulas, handwriting recognition).  
  • Ensure systems meet regulatory, privacy, and security standards.  
  • Mentor engineers and foster a culture of experimentation, ownership, and excellence.
 
Required Skills & Experience:
  • 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in a leadership role.  
  • Deep expertise in OCR (Tesseract, Google Vision, AWS Textract), NLP (spaCy, HuggingFace), and LLMs (Gemini, OpenAI, Claude).  
  • Proven experience integrating IDP platforms into enterprise workflows.  
  • Strong understanding of document formats: PDFs, scanned images, structured forms.  
  • Experience with Python, Java, or Node.js; cloud-native architecture.  
  • Familiarity with RAG pipelines, vector databases, and semantic search.  
  • Passion for evaluating new technologies and driving continuous improvement.  
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
 
Bonus Points:
  • Experience with BytePro LOS and Asterisk telephony systems.  
  • Knowledge of mortgage compliance frameworks such as HMDA, TRID, RESPA, and ECOA.  
  • Experience in fintech, lending, or mortgage tech.  
  • Contributions to open-source document AI projects.  
  • Familiarity with compliance workflows (e.g., KYC, income verification).
 
**Please note that the compensation information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. ** 
  
Compensation: 
The annual salary for this position generally ranges between $150,000 – $300,000.  
 
Benefits: 
  
·         401(k) 
·         Dental insurance 
·         Disability insurance 
·         Employee discounts 
·         Health insurance 
·         Life insurance 
·         Paid time off 
·         12 paid holidays per year 
·         Paid training 
·         Referral program 
·         Vision insurance 
  
Supplemental pay types: 
  
·         Referral bonuses 
  
AmeriSave is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

 
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