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Head of AI / Principal AI Architect / ML Engin
Act Consulting • San Francisco, CA, United States
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job_description.job_card.job_descriptionFounded : Stage : Seed (Raised ~$M) Revenue : Active customers with six-figure revenue and profitability Backed by : Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Phoenix Fund, Perpetua Join a YC-backed, high-growth fintech startup with a live product Build foundational AI infrastructure for a category-defining wealth platform Competitive salary + equity with meaningful ownership High-agency culture with a deep tech and product focus Work on cutting-edge agentic and multi-modal AI in production Architect and build generative AI systems for financial planning, analysis, and recommendation Design and implement RAG pipelines for knowledge retrieval across financial documents Lead development of autonomous agents for user-facing advisory workflows Apply advanced prompting strategies (Tree of Thoughts, Constitutional AI, Agent protocol) Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and business teams Hands-on experience developing LLMs or foundation models , not just API usage Previous work at a top AI lab or foundation model company , such as OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Google Brain, or Meta FAIR PhD (or equivalent advanced degree) in AI / ML from a top institution (Stanford, MIT, CMU, Berkeley, etc.) Deep technical expertise in : Generative LLMs (GPT-, Claude, LLaMA ) RAG optimization & hybrid search Multi-modal systems (text + voice) Agent orchestration for financial analysis or planning Strong collaboration and product mindset—able to work closely with non-technical teams Comfortable with startup hours and pace (expectation : ~am–pm, days / week) Published in top-tier AI conferences : NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR Fintech or financial modeling experience Experience leading AI / ML research teams or projects Experience building zero-to-one AI-powered products Familiarity with Goodfin's tech stack : Python, TypeScript, Claude, LLaMA, DynamoDB, AWS Only used LLM APIs without hands-on model building Career focus is outside of NLP / LLMs (, vision, robotics, traditional ML) Multiple short stints or lack of deep technical execution Unavailable for intense startup culture and long hours Hiring Manager Screen CTO Interview – Technical deep dive CEO Interview – Vision and mission alignment System Design ( min) – Conversational chatbot architecture + hallucination mitigation Coding Round – Live or take-home (case-by-case) Behavioral Interview – With business team Offer Have you worked at a top AI lab or foundation model company (, OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic)? Have you personally developed or fine-tuned large-scale language models? Are you open to working am–pm, six days a week, during core build phases?
Head of AI / Principal AI Architect
Position Title : Head of AI / Principal AI Architect / ML Engineer / Data Scientist
Location : Hybrid – San Francisco (In-office days / week)
Position Type : Full-Time (Permanent or Contract)
Work Policy : Hybrid (No relocation assistance)
Start Timeline : ASAP
Compensation
- Base Salary : $, – $, (dependent on experience & level)
- Equity : ~% (flexible based on comp level and role)
- Notes : Compensation varies based on interview performance and final role level
Overview
Reimagining the $ trillion private wealth industry through AI, making elite alternative investments—like private equity and venture capital—accessible to a new generation of investors.
Why Join
Role Summary
Hiring a top-tier AI engineer to lead model development and architecture efforts for its AI wealth assistant. This is not a tooling or API integration role—this is for builders with deep experience in LLM development, agent frameworks, and multi-modal architectures .
You'll work directly with the CEO and CTO to create financial copilots, RAG-powered recommendation engines, and autonomous agents that analyze market conditions and help users build wealth.
Core Responsibilities
Must-Have Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Do Not Apply if the following :
Interview Process
Application Pre-Screen Questions (Mandatory)
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