Applied AI Lead ($150k–$200k + Equity) at fast-scaling fintech building the financial OS for SMBs

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Applied AI Lead Salary $150k–$200k + Equity Company Description Fast-scaling fintech building the financial operating system for SMBs and service-based businesses Job Description You will own the AI layer powering internal operations at an inflection point for the platform. Partnering with bizops and engineering, you will deploy agentic workflows, design context engineering strategies, and set technical guardrails for an AI-native fintech stack. This is a hands-on builder role focused on real-world business impact. Location New York, USA Why this role is remarkable • Lead the AI strategy for a company that has spent five years perfecting accounts receivable and is now expanding into a complete financial OS for SMBs. • Influence the entire organization by building reusable AI skills, sub-agents, and MCP integrations that compound across finance, support, and engineering functions. • Work directly with the founding team in a high-ownership environment where your architectural decisions define how an AI-native fintech platform is built from the ground up. What You Will Do • Stand up end-to-end agentic workflows using Claude Code and internal stacks to eliminate manual work and accelerate business cycle times. • Own the internal AI infrastructure including model selection, context engineering, prompt design, and the development of robust evaluation harnesses. • Act as the organization’s authority on AI security, implementing prompt injection defenses, access controls, and vulnerability assessments for agentic systems. The ideal candidate • 6+ years of experience in software development, bizops, or data roles with proven success shipping production-grade AI systems, not just experimentation. • Expert-level knowledge of prompt engineering and MCP (Model Context Protocol), with the ability to navigate trade-offs between RAG, fine-tuning, and tool use. • Strategic communicator capable of moving fluidly between technical architecture and business outcomes to earn trust across multi-functional stakeholders. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? • Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you. • Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network. • If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.