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Senior AI Engineer

Chicago💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-08 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define firm-wide standards for agent and MCP development, build reference agent applications, and design patterns for connecting agents to internal databases and APIs.

Role type

Senior IC AI Engineer (Agent Systems & Standards)

Builds

Production agent systems and reference implementations for firm-wide AI adoption

Domain

Financial services / Proprietary trading / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, LLM-powered agent systems, MCP and tool-calling, database/API integration, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability

Preferred skills

Prop trading experience, firm-wide platform work, multi-model environments, agent evaluation

Technologies

Python, Kubernetes, CI/CD, MCP, LLMs (Claude, GPT)

Responsibilities

Define firm-wide standards for agent and MCP development, Build reference agent applications for business teams, Design patterns for connecting agents to internal databases and APIs, Establish security and governance requirements for AI, Evaluate and adopt infrastructure for agent deployment and observability, Partner with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value use cases

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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