AI Engineer, Brooklyn Direct Indexing

A core member of our AI team, playing a critical role in shaping and scaling AI capabilities across Brooklyn’s equities portfolio management platform. Lead by example as a hands-on individual contributor, driving the development of AI-powered solutions that enhance strategy generation, portfolio rebalancing, trade execution, and advisor-facing tools used daily by financial professionals.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Identify and develop opportunities for AI, including agentic AI, across platform capabilities, while working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Own multiple AI initiatives, end-to-end, from ideation to implementation, including working with a mix of greenfield and legacy integrations, deployed on AWS infrastructure (CDK, ECS Fargate, serverless components)
• Bring a clear understanding of how to build and rigorously evaluate reliable, interpretable AI systems
• Integrate AI into our data infrastructure, pipelines, and flows
• Drive the design of complex agentic workflows pulling together data from PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, S3, and a variety of internal and external APIs
• Establish and enforce standards for best practices for high-quality AI development and efficient implementation

• Design complex agentic workflows leveraging data from PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, S3, and internal/external APIs

  Build and maintain production-grade REST APIs (e.g., FastAPI)

• Collaborate with other engineers who are passionate about AI tooling, including Claude Code, Github Copilot, and more, including experienced AI developers
• Mentor other engineers on building AI into their work — without taking on direct reports
• Keep the organization ahead of the curve as we scale without compromising the values that brought us here

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 3+ Years Required; 5+ Years Preferred

Career Level
7IC

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3+ years in python software development and AI experience

• Experience developing software within an equities or fixed income domain

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building AI production systems

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2026-07-04Base Pay Range: $140,000/yr - $225,000/yr

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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Company Overview

Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company and one of the world’s largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses, real estate, infrastructure and natural capital, providing clients with the reliability, access and foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors - all to pursue lasting performance for our clients, our communities and our global economy. Visit www.nuveen.com to learn more about us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA, we’re on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow’s challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen’s entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create l…