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Alexander Chapman

Staff / Principal ML Engineer

Alexander Chapman, Boulder, Colorado, United States, 80301

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Overview

Location:

Boulder, CO or Remote This role is for an experienced Staff or Principal ML Engineer to lead the development of generative AI and LLM-powered products. The engineer will take ownership of AI initiatives end-to-end: designing and fine-tuning open-source and proprietary LLMs, building advanced RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and multi-agent systems, and deploying models into production with low latency and high scalability. The role involves applying reinforcement learning fine-tuning techniques (PPO, DPO, GRPO, RLHF) to continuously optimize model performance, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver finance-focused AI solutions. This is a hands-on, technical leadership role for individuals with experience shipping LLM-based products, building autonomous AI systems, and driving zero-to-one product initiatives in fast-paced environments. Responsibilities

Lead development of generative AI and LLM-powered products Own AI initiatives end-to-end: design and fine-tune open-source and proprietary LLMs Build advanced RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and multi-agent systems Deploy models into production with low latency and high scalability Apply reinforcement learning fine-tuning techniques (PPO, DPO, GRPO, RLHF) to optimize performance Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver finance-focused AI solutions Provide hands-on technical leadership for shipping LLM-based products and autonomous AI systems Qualifications

5–7+ years (post-BS/MS/PhD) of applied AI/ML engineering experience Expertise in LLM fine-tuning (LoRA, vLLM) and advanced RAG pipelines Proven experience with reinforcement learning fine-tuning and production deployment of generative AI models Experience designing agentic workflows or multi-agent systems for autonomous AI behavior Resilience and adaptability in early-stage startup or zero-to-one product environments Optional: experience in finance / fintech / wealth management Why This Role

The team is composed of engineers and financial experts with experience at leading tech and finance firms. The environment is fast-paced, moving 2–4x faster than typical fintech companies, building MVPs in 3 months and production-ready products in 6–12 months. Employment type

Full-time Seniority level

Mid-Senior level Job function

Information Technology and Engineering Industries

Financial Services Software Development Technology, Information and Media

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