The Options Clearing Corporation-posted about 1 month ago
Full-time • Principal
Hybrid • Chicago, IL
1,001-5,000 employees
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, seeks a principal-level AI engineer to serve as the technical lead for the organization's recently formed AI Research & Engineering team. This senior individual contributor role is a technical leader who will lead through expertise and ensure the technical success of the team's work. The position requires a seasoned engineer with strong software engineering experience, technical leadership skills, and foundational knowledge of AI/LLMs with a keen interest in applying these technologies to financial infrastructure. You will play a key role in executing OCC's AI roadmap while mentoring a team of talented junior engineers in driving organizational transformation. As a team leaning into emerging technology, we also support continuous growth and learning by providing time for experimentation with AI tools and technologies.

  • Partner with the Executive Director, AI Engineering to help define and execute on OCC's AI technical roadmap
  • Lead and partner on the architecture of scalable systems incorporating LLMs and AI into organizational processes and infrastructure
  • Design and build production applications in support of organizational use cases
  • Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers on engineering best practices and system design (no direct reports)
  • Conduct code/architectural reviews ensuring production readiness, safety, and adherence to high security and compliance standards
  • Implement testing, evaluation, and monitoring frameworks for AI systems including hallucination detection and bias assessment
  • Establish safety guardrails and responsible AI practices for LLM applications in a regulated environment
  • Connect AI agents to organizational systems and workflows
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies
  • Foster continuous learning culture in a rapidly evolving AI landscape
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 10+ years software engineering/systems architecture experience with strong technical leadership
  • 5+ years as senior technical contributor on complex production systems
  • Expert in Python and proficient in SQL
  • System design expertise: monolithic and microservice architectures, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, APIs
  • Hands-on experience in data (e.g., data engineering, data pipelines, data transformation)
  • Foundational experience with LLMs and familiarity with multiple frontier lab models (e.g., Gemini, Claude, GPT)
  • Familiarity of risk vectors in AI applications including hallucinations, bias, prompt injection, data privacy
  • Experience mentoring and reviewing the work of junior engineers
  • Exceptional communication skills explaining complex technical concepts
  • Strong interest in AI/LLM space with demonstrated commitment to continuous learning
  • Production experience with AI applications or LLM-powered systems
  • Experience with RAG architectures and context engineering
  • Familiarity with diverse LLM provider APIs and experience connecting agents to systems
  • Experience tinkering with frontier lab tools and products
  • Cloud platforms/technologies: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
  • Infrastructure as code: Terraform
  • Experience in financial market infrastructure or derivatives industry
  • Background in regulated environments
  • A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness.
  • A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
  • Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
  • Generous PTO and Parental leave
  • 401k Employer Match
  • Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
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