Title; Staff Engineer, AI & Agentic Development
LOCATION(S):ย #1 Dallas, # 2 NYC and then last resort remote from near Dallas.
IN OFFICE POLICY IF LOCAL TO NY or TX location:ย If local, 4 days a week onsite. If not local, arrangements for 2-3 days a week in office, or possibly remote for a perfect candidate
Type: Fulltime
REQUIREMENTS:
- This is not an ML research roleโit is a product engineering role for someone who can take large language models, tool-use patterns, and agentic frameworks and ship them as reliable, production-grade features that financial operations teams depend on daily.
- You will work across the below following stack. Deep expertise in every layer is not requiredโbut you should be comfortable navigating a polyglot codebase and making architectural decisions that span these technologies.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time spent building production systems at scale.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 3+ years of hands-on experience building AI/ML-powered product featuresโnot research prototypes, but shipped, production software that real users depend on.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Deep experience with LLM integration: prompt engineering, function/tool calling, RAG architectures, agent orchestration, and evaluation frameworks.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Strong software engineering fundamentals: system design, API design, data modeling, distributed systems, and production operations.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Experience with at least one modern AI/agent framework (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Anthropic tool use, OpenAI Assistants, CrewAI, or similar) and a clear-eyed view of their trade-offs.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript. Familiarity with SQL and relational databases.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Track record of leading technical initiatives that span multiple teams or systems, with strong written communication (RFCs, design docs, ADRs).
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Demonstrated ability to work with ambiguityโtranslating broad product goals into concrete technical plans and shipping iteratively.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
โข Experience building MCP servers or integrations, or deep familiarity with the Model Context Protocol ecosystem.
โข Domain experience in FinTech, payments, accounting automation, fund administration, or financial operations.
โข Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and a philosophy for how they change engineering workflows.
โข Background in building trust and safety systems for AI: content filtering, output validation, human-in-the-loop patterns, and audit logging for autonomous actions.
โข Experience with Azure cloud services, SQL Server, or Azure DevOps.
โข Familiarity with financial data formats and integrations: NACHA, ISO 20022, SWIFT, or accounting system APIs (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage).
โข Prior experience at a Staff/Principal level or as a founding/early engineer at a startup where you shaped technical direction.