Data Scientist

Data Scientist — AI Agents | Fintech Startup | Midtown New York | $150k–$200k📍 Full-time | In-office | Midtown ManhattanThe OpportunityA well-funded, revenue-generating AI startup is scaling its core technical team. Already embedded with some of the world's largest financial institutions, they're building next-generation AI agent systems that automate complex financial workflows and they're looking for a talented Data Scientist to join as one of their earliest hires.This is a rare chance to work directly with experienced founders (backgrounds include top-tier tech and private equity), own meaningful technical decisions from day one, and help shape a product with real traction in a trillion-dollar market.What You'll DoDesign, implement, and evaluate LLM-based agentic AI systems for real-world financial workflowsBuild evaluation frameworks to track and optimise AI agent performance over timeApply prompt engineering, context optimisation, and adapter tuning to improve LLM outputsExplore and prototype cutting-edge AI architectures (ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, ensembling, etc.)Apply data science and ML techniques to tasks like financial screening, due diligence, and asset monitoringTranslate statistical insights for non-technical and executive stakeholdersWhat We're Looking For5–10 years of experience in data science or AI/ML engineeringDemonstrable experience building production LLM applications and agentic systems not just training modelsStrong Python skills and comfort with data analysis at scaleExperience designing evaluation frameworks for AI systemsA daily AI user you actively use tools like Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT in your own workflowClear communicator who can present complex ideas simplyBonus Points:Background in financial services, investment analysis, or risk modellingExperience with ML deployment pipelines or embedded analyticsWhy Apply?$150,000–$200,000 base salary depending on experienceGround-floor opportunity at a company with real revenue and enterprise clientsDirect access to founders and genuine technical ownershipIn-office culture in Midtown NYC collaborative, high-energy, high-output📩 Interested? Apply below or send your CV and a brief note on a recent AI project you've worked on.