Data Scientist/ AI Engineer

Unique AI; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Unique AI is seeking a Data Scientist to design and evaluate vertical GenAI use cases within the financial services sector on Unique’s platform. You will join cross-functional AI pods to build features, run experiments, and ensure robust evaluation benchmarks.

You’ll contribute to production AI systems, embedding in product teams and collaborating with engineering and business stakeholders. The role is based in Zurich with a hybrid setup and remote days, offering exposure to cutting-edge LLM

Qualifications

• 5+ years building software products, with 2+ years on LLM-based products
• Solid understanding of agent harnesses and skills; hands-on production experience
• Experience benchmarking agentic systems and building evaluation flows for skills
• Ability to embed into AI pods, influence product vision, and propose pragmatic solutions
• Clear communication with technical and business stakeholders, including senior client reps
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field or equivalent production AI shipping experience

Responsibilities

• Build and improve vertical use cases in finance, integrating GenAI into customers' workflows
• Embed in AI pods, collaborate with product and engineering to plan and deliver end-to-end projects
• Develop Python implementations, design evaluation flows, and benchmark performance
• Share learnings across pods to raise standards and consistency across teams

Skills

LLM-based products

Python

Agent harnesses

Evaluation flows

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science / Data Science / Engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

Defining how AI and finance work together - securely, intelligently, and at scale We at Unique AI are building a highly secure generative AI platform, tailored for the financial sector. Utilizing AI, LLM, agentic and Skills technologies, we aim to revolutionize the Financial industry with an AI Automated workforce. Our mission is to increase efficiency, improve alpha, reduce risk, and increase quality across everything we do. We offer an inclusive environment at Unique and we encourage all genders and all neuro-diversities to apply. We are now looking for a Data Scientist who is passionate about building and evaluating vertical use cases in the Financial Services Industry on Unique’s platform. You will work cross-functionally across our AI pods, joining them to help build features.

Job Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building software products, including 2+ years building LLM-based products; experience in financial services (hedge funds, asset management, trading, or fintech) is a plus
• Agent harnesses and skills: Solid understanding of agent harnesses and skills, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience building vertical use cases and contributing to core platform components in production environments
• Evaluation and benchmarking: data-driven mindset with experience benchmarking agentic systems and building evaluation flows for skills, from test sets to regression checks
• Cross-functional product mindset: able to embed into different AI pods, deep-dive into the product and help build features; follows the product vision closely, brings a clear point of view on emerging AI systems, and is pragmatic in choosing solutions
• Communication: clear communication and documentation; comfortable working with technical and business stakeholders, including senior client representatives, and navigating ambiguity
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering) or equivalent demonstrated experience shipping production AI systems

Job Responsibilities

In this role, you will focus on building and improving vertical use cases in the financial industry, helping us unlock the full potential of GenAI for our customers. You will embed in our AI pods and work closely with product and engineering to take on dedicated projects end-to-end: plan them, implement them in Python, build the evaluation flows and benchmarks that measure them, and deep-dive into the product to close quality gaps. You will share what you learn across pods so that every team ships to the same standard.

Why Join Unique

• Leading Company A chance to be part of a leading company in a rapidly evolving industry
• Innovative & Impactful Projects Engage in groundbreaking projects within the Generative AI space. Contribute towards building the foundations enabling financial institutions to operationalize AI.
• Culture A modern company with flat hierarchies that focuses on a people-oriented culture and places great emphasis on transparency and open communication
• Hybrid set up Based in Zurich with flexibility for remote days
• Security-first culture Develop systems trusted by leading financial institutions.
• You will join our internal AI Academy, where you’ll rapidly level up your skills in working with cutting-edge LLM tooling. Our agents are built; now we are scaling vertical use cases and the evaluation flows behind them. We are building reliable, measurable AI-driven workflows - and we’ll train you to do the same. By the end of the Academy, you’ll be fully equipped to design, evaluate, and ship robust vertical use cases across our pods