Senior AI Data Scientist (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior AI Data Scientist (Fintech): Designing and evaluating agentic systems for a financial intelligence platform, focusing on LLMs, financial data, and decision systems. Focus on defining agent behavior, memory, tool-use strategies, and developing rigorous LLM evaluation frameworks for production AI workflows.

Location: Remote (USA, Europe, Israel)

Salary: $130,000 – $150,000

Company

hirify.global is a leading financial technology firm building infrastructure for safer, more accessible global markets with cutting-edge financial intelligence platforms.

What you will do

• Design and own single and multi-agent systems for complex financial workflows.
• Define agent behavior, memory, and tool-use strategies with emphasis on correctness and controllability.
• Develop and maintain LLM evaluation frameworks covering accuracy, faithfulness, latency, cost, regressions, and edge cases.
• Design structured prompting, schemas, and tool-calling strategies, and operate MCP servers.
• Analyze model behavior and failure modes to optimize performance and cost.
• Mentor engineers and data scientists on best practices for applied LLM and agentic systems.

Requirements

• 6+ years in data science, applied ML, or AI software roles, with 3+ years building production AI/ML systems.
• Deep hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic patterns, and tool-calling systems.
• Strong Python skills and comfort with production systems and APIs.
• Proven experience with RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases.
• Strong intuition for model behavior, trade-offs, and failure analysis.

Nice to have

• Experience applying ML or statistical methods to financial data (crypto/DeFi a major plus).
• A track record of building reusable ML or data abstractions.
• A strong intuition for how model behavior shifts in production based on data, users, and constraints.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity package aligned with growth.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision options for employees and dependents, plus FSA/HSA.
• 21 vacation days, 7 sick days, and 8 observed U.S. company holidays.
• Thoughtful parental leave policy.
• Access to OneMedical, Teladoc, Talkspace, and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Personalized professional development in a rapidly expanding global company.
• Pre-tax commuter programs.
• Commitment to equality and accessibility in the workplace.