Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Finance Systems (Hybrid)

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC); Illinois; Hybrid; USD 159,200 - 220,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment assistance

Technology stipend

Generous PTO and parental leave

401k employer match

Competitive health benefits

Job summary

A financial services firm is looking for a Principal AI Engineer to lead its AI Research & Engineering team. This senior technical role involves architecting systems connecting AI agents to enterprise workflows, mentoring junior engineers, and working directly with AWS and Anthropic. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering and systems architecture, with a strong focus on building production AI applications. The position allows for experimentation with advanced tools in a hybrid working environment, alongside competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring and elevating junior engineers.
• Exceptional ability to explain complex technical decisions.
• Background in financial market infrastructure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Director of AI Engineering.
• Lead OCC’s agentic AI efforts to architect and build systems.
• Build and ship production AI applications on AWS.

Skills

Expert-level Python

Proficient in SQL

Deep system design expertise

Hands-on experience with data engineering

AWS experience

Strong production AI/LLM experience

Strong working knowledge of AI risk vectors

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or a related technical field

10+ years of software engineering and systems architecture experience

5+ years as a senior individual contributor on complex systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Job description

A financial services firm is looking for a Principal AI Engineer to lead its AI Research & Engineering team. This senior technical role involves architecting systems connecting AI agents to enterprise workflows, mentoring junior engineers, and working directly with AWS and Anthropic. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering and systems architecture, with a strong focus on building production AI applications. The position allows for experimentation with advanced tools in a hybrid working environment, alongside competitive benefits.