VP, AI Engineer

A financial firm is looking for a VP, AI Engineer to join their team in New York, NYCompensation: $200-250KUS Citizens/GC Holders Only; No Visa SponsorshipMust be local; This is a hybrid roleWithin this role, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of production-grade AI systems that drive measurable business outcomes across the firm.Responsibilities:Lead production AI systems (IDP, knowledge systems, agentic orchestration) for enterprise-scale workflow automation.Scope, design, deploy, and monitor AI projects from initial alignment to continuous production improvement.Drive API design, system architecture, evaluation strategies, and infrastructure standards across the AI/ML platform.Build robust, statistically sound evaluation metrics, benchmark datasets, and versioning systems for reproducible AI.Partner with Product, Operations, and Legal to translate business needs into technical plans and communicate risks/trade-offs.Coach engineers via code/design reviews and pair programming to elevate team capabilities and reduce technical debt.Qualifications:At least a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.7+ years developing production AI/ML systems using AWS or cloud-native patterns.Strong Python skills with mastery of best practices (CI/CD, testing, source control, documentation).Experience designing and operating end-to-end ML pipelines (training, serving, monitoring).Track record of driving architectural decisions and mentoring engineering teams.Ability to distill complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.