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You'll have the opportunity to build upon existing technology, shape our AI infrastructure, and play a meaningful role in the firm's continued innovation.\nKey Responsibilities\nAI Application Development:Transform existing AI prototypes into secure, scalable, production-ready applications using Python, TypeScript, React, and modern AI technologies.\nData Engineering & Integration:Design and maintain reliable data pipelines connecting Orion, Salesforce, Databricks, market-data providers, and other financial systems.\nFinancial Modeling & Analytics:Develop and integrate shared calculation engines supporting tax modeling, retirement projections, Monte Carlo simulations, portfolio analytics, and equity compensation.\nLLM Integration & Automation:Build and deploy AI-powered workflows using Claude, OpenAI, APIs, and related frameworks to enhance operational efficiency and advisor capabilities.\nSecurity & Infrastructure:Implement secure authentication, role-based access, audit logging, automated testing, and CI/CD processes.\nData Quality & Reliability:Establish validation checks, monitoring systems, and documentation to support accurate, reliable, and maintainable applications.\nCross-Functional Collaboration:Partner with leadership, advisors, and technology teams to improve existing tools, develop new solutions, and identify opportunities for automation.\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including hands-on experience deploying production applications.\nStrong proficiency in Python, SQL, TypeScript/JavaScript, and React.\nExperience developing and deploying applications using LLM APIs such as Claude, OpenAI, or similar technologies.\nExperience designing and maintaining production data pipelines, data models, and system integrations.\nWorking knowledge of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, automated testing, and secure application development.\nExperience implementing data-quality checks and validating application outputs.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nAbility to work independently, manage competing priorities, and collaborate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with Databricks, Apache Spark, or similar data platforms.\nFamiliarity with Orion, Salesforce, Agentforce, or financial data APIs.\nExperience with MCP, AI agent frameworks, retrieval systems, and LLM evaluations.\nBackground in fintech, wealth management, financial planning, or tax software.\nKnowledge of portfolio analytics, equity compensation, tax modeling, or Monte Carlo simulations.\nWhat You'll Help Build\nYou'll play an important role in advancing GK's AI infrastructure, including:\nBringing existing AI applications into a centralized, secure, and maintainable development environment.\nBuilding reusable financial calculation libraries and reliable data integrations.\nDeploying secure applications that support advisors and financial planning workflows.\nEstablishing scalable engineering practices, automated testing, and monitoring.\nHelping shape the next generation of AI-powered tools across the firm.\nWhy Join Gerber Kawasaki?\nAt Gerber Kawasaki, we foster a collaborative environment where employees are encouraged to innovate, take ownership, and grow professionally. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing wealth management firm at an important stage of its technology evolution. You'll work directly with firm leadership, contribute to meaningful technology initiatives, and help build solutions that have a direct impact on our advisors, clients, and business. We value initiative, collaboration, and professional growth, and we are committed to creating opportunities for employees to expand their skills and advance their careers.\nGerber Kawasaki is an equal employment opportunity employer. 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