Applied AI Engineer

Nevis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits package

Company equity

Opportunity to work with top investors

Job summary

Nevis is seeking a talented AI Engineer to join its core team in New York. In this pivotal role, you will shape the next generation of AI wealth management solutions by building LLM-driven automation pipelines that address critical challenges faced by our clients.

You will collaborate with a world-class team and contribute to cutting-edge AI technologies, enhancing product reasoning capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with LLMs.
• Proven track record of solving real-world problems with AI/ML.
• Passionate about transformative AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and build LLM and ML-powered products.
• Collaborate to bring new AI capabilities from experiment to production.
• Establish best practices for AI development.

Skills

Experience with LLMs

AI/ML problem-solving

Statistical and data analysis skills

Excellent communication skills

Proactive problem solving

Education

STEM degree from top university

Job description

About Nevis

Nevis is building the world’s first AI wealth management platform. In just 9 months, Nevis has grown to have over $50 billion of assets under management on its platform and is on track to have over $100 billion by the end of this year.

Nevis is also backed by world leading investors and has raised a total of $40 million from Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ and Ribbit. Together it makes Nevis one of the highest funded and fastest growing Series A startups in Europe.

The Role

We are looking for a talented and driven AI Engineer to join our core team at Nevis where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the next-generation AI-first wealthtech product. You will address critical challenges faced by our business clients by building LLM-driven agentic automation pipelines.

You’ll work with cutting-edge LLM models and collaborate with leading vendors to enhance our product’s reasoning capabilities and elevate the quality of our models’ outputs to industry-leading standards - constantly raising the bar higher.

As part of a small, world-class team of engineers and product builders, including the former Head of AI at Revolut, you’ll have a unique opportunity to make a profound impact on one of the world’s largest industries.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build LLM and ML-powered products and features across Nevis’ platform.

• Collaborate with engineers and product builders to bring new AI capabilities from experiment to production.

• Establish best practices and design novel approaches for AI development, testing, observability, and reliability.

• Continuously monitor and improve AI products performance and reasoning quality.

• Partner with product and design teams to prototype and iterate on new AI features and products.

• Stay ahead of the latest advances in Gen AI space, including agentic systems, reasoning capabilities and context engineering.

Who You Are

• Hands on experience with LLMs

• Proven track record of solving real-world problems with AI / ML

• Advanced statistical and data analysis skills

• STEM degree from top university

• Passionate about transformative AI technologies

• Product-driven mindset: prioritizing practical ML solutions for better client outcomes

• Proactive problem solver with "get it done" attitude

• Excellent communication skills for effective team collaboration

• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and take ownership end-to-end

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in AI startups

• Strong publications or GitHub profile

Why Join Nevis?

• Work alongside a high-calibre founding team backed by some of the best investors in the world.

• A fast-paced, high-growth environment with the opportunity to shape how the business operates.

• Be part of a mission-driven company transforming the wealth management industry with huge potential for global impact.

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including company equity.