Applied AI Engineer

About the role

Role: Applied AI Engineer

Location: New York, NY (1633 Broadway)

Hybrid: 3x

Duration: 12 Month + Extension/ Contract to Hire

Interview Process:

1.) Zoom

2.) Onsite Interview (90 Mins)

Years of experience: 5-7 Years Exp (More is Okay)

Must: (5- 7 Years Exp)

Great hands on experience coding within Python

Good hands on Core AI experience

Good GenAi and Agentic AI exp

How it works, how information can be extracted, prompt engineering, etc

Practical experience building applications using Python, OpenAI or Claude Agent SDK and other agentic frameworks (comparable LLM APIs).

Strong understanding of prompt engineering, including prompt design, prompt testing, grounding, context management, and output validation.

Experience building AI or data-driven applications that use APIs, databases, cloud services, and enterprise data sources.

Good exp in frontier CodingTools: ClaudeCode - Amp - CodeEx, etc

Strong RAG Experience - What is needed to implement

Has working experience working on complex systems and building complex applications

PostGres Exp

Although different Vector Database will suffice

Fantastic Communication skills

Curious mindset

Strong Communication (Written and Verbal)

Know what they are doing, why they are doing it.

Plusses:

Financial Services Experience (Great if they work with Fixed Income - What is a stock, what is a bond, etc)

Elastic Search Exp

Embedding Exp

Misc:

Doc Central - Massive document repository within the firm

Becoming the FIRMS main AI solution for document extraction, summarization and search engine for internal documents

DocCentral is about 20% of the OpenAI traffic through MS

Doc Central: RAG Millions of Documents

This person will be using RAG, but also helping build out different capabilities as they scale

Moved on from Trad RAG, going more Agentic

Evaluation is also a big component of what they do

#RTA

For workers in the United States, PrideGlobal and it's affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

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Accommodations

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