Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time


About the Role
A major technology-driven financial institution in New York is making a significant investment in applied AI across the organization. Rather than adding superficial AI features to existing workflows, the firm is building custom AI agents, autonomous systems, and internal tooling that fundamentally transform how teams operate.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building AI systems that are actively used in production. You will work directly with teams across the organization — including trading, analytics, operations, legal, and compliance — to identify inefficiencies and design AI-powered solutions that address real business problems.

The firm has already invested in infrastructure, data, and technical talent. The focus of this role is to bridge the gap between current AI capabilities and practical business applications, and to deliver solutions end-to-end.

Unlike many AI roles, all projects are greenfield. There are no legacy systems to maintain — you will build from scratch, with the autonomy to select the most appropriate tools and approaches.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities where AI can drive meaningful impact
• Design and build AI agents and applications from concept through production deployment
• Own the full lifecycle of solutions, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and actively used
• Stay current with advancements in AI (LLMs, agent frameworks, integration patterns) and apply them in practice
• Develop reusable infrastructure, including agent frameworks, retrieval systems, and shared components
• Ensure seamless integration with existing systems, data sources, and security requirements
• Contribute to building the foundation of the firm’s long-term AI capabilities

Environment
The environment is collaborative, fast-paced, and intellectually stimulating. You will work alongside highly capable professionals on complex and impactful problems, with strong organizational support and resources.

Qualifications
What the firm is looking for:

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design and production-quality code
• Proven experience building and scaling AI solutions in a professional environment
• Deep understanding of the current AI landscape, including LLM capabilities, agent systems, and retrieval architectures
• Ability to operate across diverse teams and adapt to different business contexts
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to take ambiguous problems through to production solutions
• Experience in fast-paced, technical, or entrepreneurial environments (e.g., startups, R&D teams, internal innovation groups)
• High ownership and initiative

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields preferred but not mandatory)

Experience Level:

• Open to candidates ranging from approximately 2 years of experience to senior-level professionals

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Substantial guaranteed first-year bonus, with strong performance-based upside
• Sign-on bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
• 401(k) matching
• Medical and prescription coverage
• Wellness reimbursement
• Family support programs
• Charitable contribution matching

Why This Opportunity
This role offers the opportunity to build AI systems that have a direct, measurable impact on business operations. The work goes beyond prototypes or strategy — you will deliver production systems that improve how teams operate and make decisions.

You will also play a key role in shaping the firm’s AI strategy, contributing to foundational systems, standards, and frameworks at an early stage of adoption.

The firm is one of the most respected names in its industry, with a strong engineering culture and access to significant resources, including data, compute, and talent.