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AI Engineer - Vice President

iCapital · New York, New York, United States · On-site

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About iCapital

Helping Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers incorporate alternative strategies at scale. Helping Asset Managers open new lanes of distribution.

About the role

iCapital is seeking a Vice President Artificial Intelligence Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of production-grade AI systems that drive measurable business outcomes across the firm. This individual will own key workstreams and serve as a technical leader, driving system design, mentoring engineers, partnering directly with business stakeholders, and ensuring that AI capabilities are built to production-grade standards of reliability, scalability, and measurability.

What they're looking for

  • Strong proficiency in Python and software engineering best practices, including source control, CI/CD, testing, documentation, and the development of scalable, maintainable software
  • Experience designing, deploying, and operating end-to-end machine learning pipelines, including model training, deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and continuous improvement in production environments
  • Experience leading technical design and architectural decisions, conducting code and design reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering excellence across teams
  • Experience spanning multiple AI domains, including LLM systems, document intelligence, and ML platforms or infrastructure
  • Experience in financial services or FinTech, particularly within document-heavy, regulated, or compliance-sensitive environments is preferred
  • Contributions to open-source projects, technical publications, conference presentations, patents, or other demonstrated thought leadership in applied AI and machine learning is preferred
More about this role

iCapital is seeking a Vice President Artificial Intelligence Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of production-grade AI systems that drive measurable business outcomes across the firm. This individual will own key workstreams and serve as a technical leader, driving system design, mentoring engineers, partnering directly with business stakeholders, and ensuring that AI capabilities are built to production-grade standards of reliability, scalability, and measurability. The ideal candidate is a seasoned engineer with a track record of shipping complex AI systems end-to-end and someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong cross-functional partnership, architectural judgment, and able to operate as a force multiplier for the team. This role is expected to bring independent judgment on a technical approach, a bias toward delivery, and able to translate ambiguous business needs into well-scoped, well-executed solutions.

  • Lead the architecture and delivery of production AI systems, including document intelligence (IDP), intelligent knowledge systems, agentic orchestration, conversational AI, and generative AI applications, to power internal and external...

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