Lead/Staff AI Acceleration Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Lead/Staff AI Acceleration Engineer (Fintech): Building the underlying infrastructure and patterns for AI agents to be created and deployed across the company with an accent on analytics automation and safe LLM-to-data connectivity. Focus on designing an AI Agent Factory, creating evaluation frameworks, and implementing guardrails to ensure reliable and scalable AI workflows.

Location: Must be based in the United States (excluding Hawaii)

Salary: $174k - $269k

Company

hirify.global is a financial app redefining the landscape by providing affordable and transparent access to liquidity for millions of underserved Americans.

What you will do

• Build the AI Agent Factory, providing shared patterns, templates, and infrastructure for reliable agent deployment.
• Develop systems that safely connect LLMs to structured data, focusing on access control, context delivery, and governance.
• Integrate with the semantic layer to ensure consistent business definitions across agents and dashboards.
• Create evaluation and observability frameworks to monitor agent quality and behavior over time.
• Implement guardrails to protect against hallucinations, cost overruns, and data misuse.
• Build early analytics automation agents for insight generation and recurring reporting.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in data engineering, ML engineering, AI infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience building production-ready LLM-powered applications, agents, or tool-use systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Deep knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, including CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response.
• Must be based in the US (excluding Hawaii).

Nice to have

• Experience designing evaluation frameworks for AI systems.
• Familiarity with semantic layer tools (e.g., LookML, dbt metrics layer).
• Experience in fintech or other highly regulated environments.
• Background in building internal platforms or developer tooling used across teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Virtual-first work culture with flexible hours and a home office stipend.
• Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans.
• 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions.
• Generous paid parental and caregiver leave.
• Flexible PTO and comprehensive company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break.
• All-company in-person events held once or twice a year.