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You'll own the entire AI stack—from research and experimentation to production deployment—and directly impact how thousands of finance teams interact with financial data.\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to shape the AI/ML direction of an early-stage startup, working directly with cofounders to build agentic systems, implement RAG pipelines, and create AI experiences that feel magical to users while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability and security.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nAgentic Systems: Take agentic AI SMMP workflows from concept to production, owning the complete pipeline including retrieval, reasoning, tool integration, and safety measures while continuously improving accuracy through data-driven iteration\nEvaluation Infrastructure: Architect robust evaluation frameworks for prompts and models with both offline and online testing capabilities, enabling rapid experimentation through A/B testing and systematic performance comparison\nContext Engineering: Build sophisticated 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guardrails, and implement safety protocols ensuring AI-generated outputs meet stringent financial industry compliance and regulatory requirements\nContinuous Improvement: Establish clear success metrics covering accuracy, latency, cost, and safety, design and execute A/B tests, and integrate user feedback loops to drive measurable quality improvements\n\nRequirements\n\nProactive and self-motivated engineer with strong ownership mentality and ability to drive projects independently from inception to completion\nBuilder's mindset with comfort navigating ambiguity, rapid prototyping skills, systematic debugging approach, and relentless focus on user experience\nDemonstrated expertise in large language models through professional work or exceptional personal projects showcased on your resume\nProven experience integrating multiple LLM providers with tool-calling and function-calling capabilities, comfortable switching between models and implementing robust fallback strategies\nDeep hands-on experience with RAG systems including indexing strategies, chunking techniques, embeddings, and reranking, with understanding of reliability and cost-latency optimization\nSolid computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, comprehensive testing practices, and performance profiling\nAdvanced prompt engineering skills with experience building prompt libraries, analyzing failure modes, and systematically refining prompts and policies\nStrong analytical ability to establish meaningful KPIs covering accuracy, latency, cost, and safety, with experience designing A/B tests and implementing human feedback systems\nProduction experience with MongoDB including schema design, optimization, and scaling\nProficiency in Python with hands-on experience in modern ML/AI frameworks and libraries\n\nNice to Have\n\nWorking knowledge of cloud-native vector databases such as AWS OpenSearch with k-NN, Amazon MemoryDB for Redis, GCP Vertex AI Vector Search, pgvector on 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We obsess over solving real problems and delivering measurable value.\n\nFast & Agile\n\nWe move with speed and precision. Ship quickly, iterate constantly, and adapt to change.\n\nSecurity First\n\nWe handle billions in event spend. Security and trust are non-negotiable in everything we build.\n\nOwn Your Work\n\nWe give you autonomy and trust you to make decisions. Take ownership and drive impact.\n\nSustainability\n\nWe build for the long term—sustainable growth, sustainable practices, sustainable impact.\n\nGive Back\n\nSuccess means lifting others. 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