Senior AI FinTech Architect — Investment Systems

HarbourVest Partners; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

HarbourVest Partners is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to architect and guide our investment platforms, leading the design and delivery of private markets front-office applications. This senior role focuses on scalable financial technology, AI features, and production-grade systems using LLMs, RAG, and agentic capabilities on HarbourVest's proprietary data.

The ideal candidate excels at architectural mentorship, collaboration across teams, and translating investment needs into robust, scalable

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership shaping software architecture.
• Experience delivering AI/ML powered financial applications.
• Strong background in distributed systems and production-grade delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical architecture for investment systems.
• Lead end-to-end design, coding, execution and testing pipelines.
• Mentor teams on software, data, and AI engineering practices.

Skills

Architectural leadership

AI/ML

Distributed systems

Software delivery

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

LLMs

RAG pipelines

Agentic systems

Job description

HarbourVest Partners is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to architect and guide our investment platforms, leading the design and delivery of private markets front-office applications. This senior role focuses on scalable financial technology, AI features, and production-grade systems using LLMs, RAG, and agentic capabilities on HarbourVest's proprietary data.

The ideal candidate excels at architectural mentorship, collaboration across teams, and translating investment needs into robust, scalable