Forward Deployed Engineer / AI Product Engineer- Investment Management - Chicago 12 months

Job Description

A leading investment management firm is looking to add a Forward Deployed Engineer who will build AI-enabled capabilities hand in hand with the asset management business. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for an engineer who wants to be close to the people using what they build, not several layers removed from them.

You'll work directly with investment and business stakeholders to understand their needs, then design and build solutions that address them. Some days that means shaping requirements and aligning technology choices to business goals. Other days it means writing production code, integrating AI into existing platforms, or developing model-side functionality from the ground up. The right person moves comfortably between business conversations and technical execution, and takes ownership of outcomes rather than tickets.

The ideal candidate brings a very strong software development and computer science foundation, along with hands-on experience building and shipping AI solutions. Prior experience in asset management, a hedge fund, or a similar investment environment is required. You'll need that context to understand how the business operates and where technology can create real value. You should also be able to translate ambiguous business problems into well-engineered systems and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners.

This is a 3-4x week onsite hybrid contract, so you must live in Chicago or surrounding areas for this role.

They'll need someone who's fully authorized to work in the US without any sponsorship / visa ( cannot support H-1B visa ).

C2C must be through your own LLC (CANNOT be through an employer) and if need be we can do W2 at a reduced rate.