Sr AI Engineer

About the job

The Wissen team continues to expand its footprint in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and India. More openings to come as we continue to grow the team!

Please read below for a brilliant career opportunity.

Role: Sr AI Engineer

Title: AVP/VP

Location: New York , NY(Day 1 Onsite/Hybrid) – Fulltime

Mode of Work: 3 days/week onsite required

Required Experience: 10+ years

We are hiring an AI Engineer with strong hands-on experience in RAG systems, LLM APIs, and AI agents . This role focuses on building production-ready AI applications , including retrieval systems and intelligent automation workflows.

Required Skills:

• AG / Retrieval Systems - Hands-on experience building RAG pipelines. Familiarity with NotebookLM, RAG tooling, and Python libraries (NotebookLM or similar).
• LLM APIs & Tooling -Experience with Claude / Anthropic APIs, Claude Code, or equivalent LLM tooling. Comfortable building production systems on top of LLM APIs.
• Vector Databases -Exposure to Pinecone, Chroma, or similar. Understanding of embedding-based retrieval architecture and indexing strategies.
• AI Orchestration- Lang Chain or similar frameworks for multi-step AI workflows. Chaining, tool use, and prompt management at scale.
• AI Agents & Automation-Building AI agents or workflow automations beyond simple chat interfaces. Multi-step reasoning, tool integration, autonomous task execution.
• LLM Governance-Awareness of governance - logging, monitoring, cost controls, and responsible AI practices in enterprise settings.
• GitHub Portfolio-Published/maintained repos demonstrating applied AI work. Client explicitly values this - can compensate for lack of graduate education.

Nice to Have:

• Understanding of LLM governance, monitoring, and cost controls
• GitHub portfolio showcasing AI/LLM projects
• Type: Practitioners who have shipped AI products, built RAG systems, or deployed agents in production
• Python proficiency is baseline - all referenced tooling is Python-first
• Financial services experience is a plus but not required - this is an AI-native role supporting transformation
• Strong communicators who can work with non-technical business stakeholders

Benefits:

• Healthcare insurance for you and your family (medical, dental, vision).
• Short / Long term disability insurance.
• 401k
• Life Insurance.
• Accidental death & disability Insurance.
• 3 weeks of Paid Time Off.
• Support and fee coverage for immigration needs.
• Remote office set up stipend.
• Support for industry certifications.
• Additional cash incentives.
• Re-skilling opportunities to transition between technologies.

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Work Mode: Hybrid

Job Type: Full-time

We are: A high end technical consulting firm built and run by highly qualified technologists. Our workforce consists of 5000+ highly skilled professionals, with leadership from Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and decades of experience at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Verizon, British Telecom, ISRO etc. Without any external funding or investments, Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 100% every other year since it started as a subsidiary of Wissen Group in 2015. We have a global presence with offices in the US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.

You are: A true tech or domain ninja. Or both. Comfortable working in a quickly growing profitable startup, have a “can do” attitude and are willing to take on any task thrown your way.

You will:

• Develop and promote the company’s culture of engineering excellence.
• Define, develop and deliver solutions at a top tier investment bank or another esteemed client.
• Perform other duties as needed

Your Education and Experience:

• We value candidates who can execute on our vision and help us build an industry-leading organization.
• Graduate-level degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field
• Wissen embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We believe that the more inclusive our team is, the better our work will be. All qualified applicants, including but not limited to LGBTQ+, Minorities, Females, the Disabled, and Veterans, are encouraged to apply.

About Wissen Technology:

The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technol…