VP, Forward-Deployed AI Engineer - Investments

Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 242,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC seeks a VP-Forward Deployed Engineer at the intersection of investment strategy, quantitative analysis, and applied AI. You will design, prototype, and deploy LLM-enabled tools that enhance investment decision-making and research, translating ideas into scalable technology.

Collaborating with portfolio management, research, technology, data, risk, and compliance, you will drive AI capability delivery from proof-of-concept to production, transforming prototypes

Qualifications

• 10+ years across investment management, quantitative research/strategy, and hands-on software or AI engineering.
• Experience working with trading desks, portfolio managers, or research teams.
• Hands-on experience building and shipping LLM-enabled applications: RAG/embeddings, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, API integration.
• Strong Python development skills producing production-quality code.
• Cloud infrastructure and modern software practices (CI/CD, version control, API design).
• Fluency in at least one asset class (equities, fixed income, multi-asset, or macro).
• Track record delivering secure, auditable AI solutions in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to investment leaders, translating strategies into AI-enabled solutions.
• Design and deliver proof-of-concept and production-ready AI capabilities using analytics, ML, and LLMs.
• Partner across Investments, Technology, Data, Risk, and Compliance to meet enterprise standards.
• Influence the AI and investment tech roadmap by identifying high-value opportunities.
• Lead the transition of prototypes into sustainable enterprise capabilities with engineering teams.

Skills

Python

LLM engineering

Investment domain

Regulatory awareness

Client-facing skills

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

MCP

Job description

Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC seeks a VP-Forward Deployed Engineer at the intersection of investment strategy, quantitative analysis, and applied AI. You will design, prototype, and deploy LLM-enabled tools that enhance investment decision-making and research, translating ideas into scalable technology.

Collaborating with portfolio management, research, technology, data, risk, and compliance, you will drive AI capability delivery from proof-of-concept to production, transforming prototypes