AI Engineer

Nomura Holdings, inc. • New York, NY

1d • $125,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The AI Engineer will join Nomura’s Information Technology department and the International AI Center of Excellence (Intl AI CoE), which helps define and implement the firm’s AI strategy, drive change through AI capabilities, enforce data, cloud, and AI governance, and elevate the firm’s data culture. The role contributes to information delivery and analytics through expertise in large language model integration, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic systems.

The position also supports AI operations by integrating, deploying, and monitoring generative AI products and solutions. It enables data architecture and delivery of data-analytics AI platforms and solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments while ensuring adherence to Nomura standards and policies. The AI Engineer partners with Nomura’s businesses to shape the information and analytics agenda and their adoption roadmaps, while applying a risk-and-controls mindset.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant data experience in data engineering, generative AI, or full-stack engineering; experience in financial organizations is preferred.
• At least a 3-year bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, or a master’s degree in a quantitative field such as computer science or statistics.
• Experience designing and developing AI agents or chatbots using LLMs, RAG, and agentic frameworks.
• Experience building context-aware dialogue systems and multi-turn conversation management.
• Experience developing APIs and SDKs for generative AI services.
• Experience building and maintaining scalable, fault-tolerant microservices and server-side APIs.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, DevOps processes, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Hands-on programming experience with Python, SQL, Unix scripting, or similar languages and tools.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS EC2 and EMR, or similar tools, and the ability to contribute to design, data-model, and hybrid data architecture discussions.
• Ability to integrate cultural differences and work effectively with virtual, cross-cultural, cross-border teams.
• Flexibility to manage multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.
• Excellent verbal, written, listening, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze complex situations and develop workable actions.
• Ability to constructively challenge requirements and the current state to increase value to the firm.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in React and hands-on UI development experience.
• Senior stakeholder management experience.
• Certifications in relevant technologies or frameworks.
• Experience in financial organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI agents and chatbots using LLMs, RAG, and agentic frameworks.
• Build context-aware dialogue systems and develop multi-turn conversation management.
• Develop APIs and SDKs for generative AI services.
• Build and maintain highly scalable, fault-tolerant microservices, including efficient server-side APIs.
• Integrate, deploy, and monitor generative AI products and solutions.
• Enable data architecture and deliver data-analytics AI platforms and solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, in accordance with Nomura standards and policies.
• Contribute to the firm’s AI strategy, data, cloud, and AI governance, and data culture through the Intl AI CoE.
• Work with Nomura businesses to shape information and analytics adoption roadmaps.
• Operate with a risk-and-controls mindset.
• Collaborate effectively with virtual, cross-cultural, cross-border, and globally dispersed teams.
• Analyze complex situations and derive workable actions; constructively challenge requirements and the current state to increase value to the firm.
• Apply Nomura leadership behaviours, including exploring insights and vision, making strategic decisions, inspiring entrepreneurship, elevating organizational capability, and fostering inclusion and psychological safety.

Benefits

• The posting states that Nomura’s benefits rank #1 among its competitors according to Aon’s Benefit Index®.
• Potential sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered.
• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.
• 401(k) eligibility.
• Paid time off benefits, including vacation, sick time, and parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level