Principal AI Engineer
$225k - $250kHarnham
Principal AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA - 4 days onsite
$225,000 - $250,000 + bonus + LTI; $500,000-$700,000 total
THE COMPANY
Harnham is partnering with a top financial services company in the NYC area, which is looking for an experienced AI / ML Engineer. This person will be at the forefront of building AI automation applications for new ways at identifying cost-saving opportunities. You'll partner with executive teams across the company and own generative AI, LLM and reinforcement learning modeling and deployment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with department heads to align on business goals, define machine learning challenges, and design effective ML solutions.
- Develop and deploy machine learning models, including building data pipelines, orchestrating ML workflows, and optimizing system performance and reliability.
- Maintain a robust codebase by writing well-tested code, covering both functional and non-functional aspects such as unit, integration, and load testing.
- Stay informed on industry trends and advancements in generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI, deep learning, experiment with new model concepts, and run both offline and online evaluations.
- Actively share knowledge through internal presentations, tech talks, and by promoting best practices in engineering and technology use.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related field.
- Over 7 years of hands-on experience developing and deploying production-ready machine learning / deep learning / AI systems, covering the full model lifecycle—training, tuning, deployment, serving, and monitoring.
- Enterprise-level application experience, ideally in real-time preferred.
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure (especially AWS), machine learning orchestration tools like Kubeflow, TensorFlow, and the use of Feature Stores in live environments.
- Experience as a tech-lead for scaling MLE teams preferred.
- Commercial experience combination of big tech and scaling startups / scrappy environments a plus.
BENEFITS
The compensation package contains a base salary, bonus, LTI and a comprehensive benefits package.
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV via the Apply link on this page.
KEY TERMS
Artificial Intelligence | Generative AI | GenAI | Machine Learning | ML Engineer | Engineering | Deployment | Production | Real Time | Enterprise | Statistics | Mathematics | Financial Services | Banking | Python | Anomaly Detection | Fintech | Agentic AI | AI Agents
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