GoodFin - AI Engineer
About GoodFin
GoodFin is reimagining private wealth management, a legacy $
1.25T market. We launched last year with a platform enabling our customers – typically digitally savvy professionals who are building their wealth and investment portfolios – to invest in high quality alternative assets such as venture capital and private equity funds. Our vision is to productize and democratize sophisticated financial services that have been historically performed by teams of humans at legacy private banks and wealth managers, including financial planning, tax and estate planning, and investment management.
We are a seed-stage startup backed by Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Phoenix Fund, Perpetua Investment Group and angel investors from leading companies across tech and finance.
About the job
Location: US or Canada or Central/South America(LATAM) - US timezone
We are unable to sponsor visas at this time. **
About You
You're a highly motivated, hands-on engineer with deep conviction in AI's potential to transform industries. Your enthusiasm for technology is matched by your energy and curiosity. Thriving in unstructured startup environments, you possess a strong work ethic and a high degree of autonomy. Your approach is both creative and strategic, eagerly tackling challenges and leveraging AI to drive industry advancements.
About The Role
We seek an exceptional AI Engineer with a robust background in emerging technologies, specifically large language models (LLMs) like GPT, LLAMA, BERT, and transformer-based architectures. Your role will involve fine-tuning and optimizing these models for our AI wealth technology platform, ensuring they seamlessly integrate with our systems to enhance user experience. This position demands a blend of technical prowess, innovative thinking and leadership, ideal for someone passionate about applying AI within consumer fintech.
🛠 Responsibilities
• Develop and execute a comprehensive AI roadmap that aligns with GoodFin's strategic business goals.
• Lead the technical design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and maintenance of end-to-end AI features.
• Innovate in data management, strategically using embeddings to improve the relevancy of vector search.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and business teams to integrate AI technologies across applications.
• Stay abreast of the latest AI trends, including advanced prompting techniques, AI agent construction, and in-context learning workflows.
• Contribute groundbreaking ideas for future AI initiatives and technology integration.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, agility, and innovation within the team, contributing to strategic planning and the overall technological direction of GoodFin.
🙌 Qualifications
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fields, with a focus on deep learning, neural networks, and generative AI.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in AI/ML, with specific expertise in developing, fine-tuning, and optimizing large language models and transformer-based architectures.
• Profound knowledge of deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and in-context learning workflows, including data preprocessing, embedding, prompt construction, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience with API integration and the development of AI agents, showcasing the ability to test and design AI performance and reliability measures.
• Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages, with a thorough understanding of software engineering best practices.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of conveying complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
✨ You are likely a good fit
You thrive under ambiguity and autonomy, with a bias for action and fast shipping. Your passion for coding and building is equaled by your desire for high-level strategic thinking and ideation. An enthusiast for AI's vertical applications, particularly in consumer fintech, you're keen to contribute to Goodfin's mission of transforming financial services
