AI Engineering Lead

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New York / $190000 - $200000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$190000 - $200000

Location

LOCATION

New York

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

AI Engineering Lead

New York City (5 days a week in‑office)

$200,000 base / ~$450,000 total compensation

We're partnered with a high‑performing financial services firm operating at the intersection of technology, data, and investment decision‑making. They're looking to bring on a senior AI leader to drive the next phase of applied AI across core investment and research workflows.

This is a hands‑on leadership role suited to someone who has built and owned production‑grade AI systems in fast‑moving, high‑stakes environments.

What you'll be doing

  • Owning the technical direction for applied AI initiatives across investment and operational use cases
  • Translating complex problems from investment, trading, and research teams into scalable AI solutions
  • Designing and deploying LLM‑powered systems that move beyond experimentation and into daily use
  • Building intelligent, multi‑step AI workflows that integrate securely with internal data and tooling
  • Setting standards around model evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
  • Acting as a technical mentor and bar‑raiser within a small, elite engineering group

What they're looking for

  • Strong engineering background with real production AI ownership
  • Experience delivering AI/ML systems within hedge funds, asset managers, fintechs, or quantitative environments
  • Deep understanding of modern LLM architectures, agent‑style systems, and applied ML patterns
  • Comfortable working closely with senior stakeholders in a commercially driven setting
  • Happy to be fully on‑site in New York, five days a week

Why this role

  • Meaningful ownership over AI strategy, not a research sandbox
  • Direct exposure to investment decision‑makers
  • Highly competitive compensation aligned with top‑tier buy‑side talent
  • A mandate to build systems that are actually used - not just explored

If you're coming from a hedge fund, systematic trading firm, or fintech and want to lead applied AI where it genuinely matters, this is one worth exploring.

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Luc Simpson-Kent

Senior recruitment Consultant

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