Senior Associate, Artificial Intelligence Engineering

OCC • Chicago, IL

6d • $105,300 - $147,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

OCC's AI Research & Engineering (AIRE) team is building the company's first generation of agentic AI capabilities on Anthropic's Claude models and AWS infrastructure. The Senior Associate, AI Engineering contributes hands-on to the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered applications and/or the infrastructure that supports them, working directly with senior engineers on real, greenfield initiatives from day one.

Requirements

• Genuine, demonstrated interest in AI/LLM systems, shown through coursework, personal projects, internships, or early professional work
• Comfort working in a fast-evolving, still-forming team environment where standards and practices are actively being defined
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.
• Strong Python skills
• Working knowledge of SQL
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and modern engineering practices such as CI/CD and containerization
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 2-4 years of professional software engineering experience (internships and substantial academic project work may be considered for exceptional candidates)

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on exposure to Claude, the Anthropic API, or Claude.ai/Console
• Exposure to agent orchestration frameworks or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Interest or experience in AI infrastructure (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Interest in financial markets or other regulated industries

Responsibilities

• Build and ship production AI applications using Claude and Anthropic's tooling on AWS
• Contribute to agent orchestration, tool integration, and context design for multi-step agentic workflows
• Work on the application side (agent behavior, prompt and context architecture, evaluation design) or the infrastructure side (AWS environments, CI/CD, observability for AI systems), based on interest and team need
• Implement automated evaluation methods and output validation checks that support system reliability in a regulated environment
• Collaborate with senior engineers on technical design decisions and participate in code and architecture reviews
• Partner with OCC's AI Governance function on the technical implementation of governance-defined standards

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

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