VP, AI Engineer

Open Systems Technologies
New York, NY

A financial firm is looking for a VP, AI Engineer to join their team in New York, NY


Compensation: $200-250K

US Citizens/GC Holders Only; No Visa Sponsorship

Must be local; This is a hybrid role


Within this role, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of production-grade AI systems that drive measurable business outcomes across the firm.


Responsibilities:

  • Lead production AI systems (IDP, knowledge systems, agentic orchestration) for enterprise-scale workflow automation.
  • Scope, design, deploy, and monitor AI projects from initial alignment to continuous production improvement.
  • Drive API design, system architecture, evaluation strategies, and infrastructure standards across the AI/ML platform.
  • Build robust, statistically sound evaluation metrics, benchmark datasets, and versioning systems for reproducible AI.
  • Partner with Product, Operations, and Legal to translate business needs into technical plans and communicate risks/trade-offs.
  • Coach engineers via code/design reviews and pair programming to elevate team capabilities and reduce technical debt.


Qualifications:

  • At least a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
  • 7+ years developing production AI/ML systems using AWS or cloud-native patterns.
  • Strong Python skills with mastery of best practices (CI/CD, testing, source control, documentation).
  • Experience designing and operating end-to-end ML pipelines (training, serving, monitoring).
  • Track record of driving architectural decisions and mentoring engineering teams.
  • Ability to distill complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
// // //