Applied AI Engineer, Office of the CEO

Pagaya • New York, NY

15h • $140,000 - $170,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As an Applied AI Engineer embedded within the Office of the CEO and President (OCEO/OOP), you will serve as a high-impact builder driving the future of AI-enabled business transformation at Pagaya. Working at the intersection of business strategy, data architecture, and modern artificial intelligence, you will build and deploy practical, high-value AI solutions, automations, and intelligent agents that modernize internal workflows. Starting within the OCEO/OOP to address high-visibility executive priorities, your work will quickly expand to partner with key business functions across Capital Markets, Finance, and broader Operations. Combining a strong background in Business Intelligence (BI) with hands-on AI engineering capabilities, you will translate complex financial workflows into durable, scalable AI systems that elevate operational speed and analytical precision across the company.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in data engineering, business intelligence, or software engineering with demonstrated hands-on experience building applied AI solutions, internal tools, or AI-driven automations.
• Strong mastery of SQL, data modeling, BI tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, Looker), and experience processing, analyzing, and structuring large data sets.
• Advanced proficiency in Python (or JavaScript/TypeScript) for data manipulation, backend scripting, and rapid software prototyping; comfort generating, debugging, and refactoring AI-generated code.
• Hands-on experience with modern LLM APIs/ecosystems (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini), agentic orchestration frameworks, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record of distilling technical and financial concepts for non-technical leadership and cross-functional teams.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to manage multiple complex, fast-paced projects simultaneously, delivering meticulously accurate, self-audited work within tight deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, or an equivalent quantitative discipline required.

Nice To Haves

• Prior exposure to financial services, structured finance, fixed income, or capital markets workflows is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Embedded AI Development: Act as the primary technical builder, advisor, and problem-solver for AI-enabled workflow transformations - starting in the OCEO/OOP and expanding into Capital Markets, Finance, and key operational units.
• Workflow Automation & Agentic Systems: Identify manual, repeated, or data-dense business processes and build production-ready AI tools, customized copilots, and agentic workflows to streamline execution.
• BI & Data Integration: Leverage a robust background in Business Intelligence and data analysis to connect LLMs, foundation models, and AI agent frameworks directly into Pagaya’s data infrastructure, dashboards, and financial models.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Work closely with business leadership, financial analysts, and capital markets teams to translate ambiguous business problems and complex financial data into practical, user-friendly technical solutions.
• Rapid Prototyping & Scale: Design, iterate, and deploy prototypes rapidly based on stakeholder feedback, while adhering to enterprise standards for data security, governance, and responsible AI usage.
• Enablement & Documentation: Templatize and document solutions to enable scalable reuse across departments; lead walkthroughs and light enablement to drive active user adoption across technical and non-technical teams.

Benefits

• We believe health, happiness, and productivity go hand-in-hand. That's why we're continually looking to enhance the ways we support you with benefits programs and perks that allow every Pagayan to do the best work of their life.

What This Job Offers

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