Principal Engineer (Quant)

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES in NYC, NY is seeking a Principal Engineer (Quant) to lead advanced AI agent systems on-site.

The role requires 15+ years of IT/engineering, strong Python/SQL, and hands-on experience with LLM architectures, multi-agent orchestration, and Quant finance domains.

Qualifications

• 15+ years IT/engineering experience.
• Hands-on AI agents / agentic AI systems in production.
• Expertise in LLM application architecture, RAG, MCP, APIs & tooling.
• Experience with multi-agent orchestration and autonomous planning.
• Strong Python & SQL skills and scalable systems design.

Skills

Python

SQL

AI Agent / Agentic AI

LLM Architecture / RAG

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Autonomous Planning & Reasoning

Observability & Guardrails

Robust & Scalable Systems

Finance domain experience

Tools

Docker

Git

Job description

NOW HIRING: PRINCIPAL ENGINEER QUANT / AI

Client: Confidential

Role: Principal Engineer (Quant)

Location: NYC, NY - ONSITE

Employment: FULL-TIME ONLY

Experience: 15+ Years REQUIRED

Visa: INDEPENDENT VISA ONLY

QUANT EXPERIENCE IS A MUST!

Must-have Skills

• 15+ years of overall IT/Engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience building AI Agents / Agentic AI Systems in production
• Deep expertise in LLM Application Architecture, RAG, MCP, APIs & Tool Integration
• Multi-Agent Orchestration, Autonomous Planning & Reasoning
• Persistent Memory, Workflow Execution & Agent Evaluation
• LLM Ops, Observability & Guardrails
• Strong Python & SQL skills
• Experience designing robust & scalable systems
• Technically complex Quantitative Use Cases MUST HAVE
• Experience in Financial Services / Quantitative Investing / Markets / Trading
• Strong experience with Docker & Git

Ideal Profile

• Senior/Principal-level AI Engineer with deep quantitative + financial domain experience and strong hands-on expertise in Agentic AI / LLM systems.

Active PMP Certification