We are looking for an Applied AI Engineer to help design, train, and deploy production-grade AI models powering next-generation AI agents in financial workflows. This role focuses on fine-tuning, post-training optimization, and building reliable model pipelines using both open-source and proprietary data.
You will work closely with product, engineering, and domain experts to translate business problems into scalable AI systems.
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Key Responsibilities
Model Development & Training
• Fine-tune large language models and multimodal models for domain-specific use cases
• Design post-training pipelines (instruction tuning, RLHF, evaluation loops, etc.)
• Implement and optimize training workflows using open-source frameworks
• Experiment with model architecture improvements and hyperparameter optimization
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AI Agent & System Integration
• Build and improve AI agents capable of executing multi-step workflows
• Integrate models into production environments and product features
• Improve model reliability, accuracy, and robustness for high-stakes applications
• Develop evaluation and testing frameworks for model performance and edge cases
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Data & Experimentation
• Work with proprietary domain datasets to improve model specialization
• Design training datasets, labeling pipelines, and data quality frameworks
• Conduct ablation studies and performance benchmarking
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Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with product teams to design AI-first product experiences
• Provide technical feasibility insights for roadmap and feature planning
• Collaborate with global engineering teams on implementation and scaling
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Required Qualifications
• 1–4 years of hands-on experience training or fine-tuning ML/AI models
• Experience working with LLM or multimodal model training pipelines
• Strong Python skills and familiarity with deep learning frameworks such as:
• PyTorch
• Hugging Face ecosystem
• Open-source training frameworks
• Experience deploying ML models into production systems
• Understanding of evaluation methodologies and model performance tradeoffs
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Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with post-training techniques such as:
• Instruction tuning
• RLHF / preference optimization
• Model distillation
• Experience building AI agent or workflow automation systems
• Familiarity with distributed training and GPU optimization
• Experience working with domain-specific data (finance, compliance, enterprise workflows, etc.)
• Background working in early-stage startups or research labs
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Nice to Have (Bonus Skills)
• Exposure to pre-training or large-scale model training environments
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Experience designing evaluation benchmarks for enterprise AI applications
• Experience working with multi-agent systems or tool-use models