Applied AI Engineer

Nevis

• $150K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with LLMs
  • Proven track record of solving real-world AI/ML problems
  • Advanced statistical and data analysis skills
  • STEM degree from a top university
  • Passionate about transformative AI technologies
  • Product-driven mindset with focus on client outcomes
  • Proactive problem solver with a 'get it done' attitude
  • Excellent communication skills for team collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Design and build LLM and ML-powered products and features
  • Collaborate to transition new AI capabilities from experiment to production
  • Establish AI development best practices and novel approaches
  • Continuously monitor and enhance AI product performance
  • Partner with product and design teams to prototype new features
  • Stay updated on advancements in the Generative AI landscape
  • Build agentic automation pipelines for business clients

Benefits

  • Work alongside a high-caliber founding team backed by leading investors
  • Join a fast-paced, high-growth environment with significant operational influence
  • Be part of a mission-driven company transforming the wealth management landscape
  • Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, including equity
Full Job Description
The Role

We are looking for a talented and driven AI Engineer to join our core team at Nevis where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the next-generation AI-first wealthtech product. You will address critical challenges faced by our business clients by building LLM-driven agentic automation pipelines.

You'll work with cutting-edge LLM models and collaborate with leading vendors to enhance our product's reasoning capabilities and elevate the quality of our models' outputs to industry-leading standards - constantly raising the bar higher.

As part of a small, world-class team of engineers and product builders, including the former Head of AI at Revolut, you'll have a unique opportunity to make a profound impact on one of the world's largest industries.

What You'll Do
  • Design and build LLM and ML-powered products and features across Nevis' platform.
  • Collaborate with engineers and product builders to bring new AI capabilities from experiment to production.
  • Establish best practices and design novel approaches for AI development, testing, observability, and reliability.
  • Continuously monitor and improve AI products performance and reasoning quality.
  • Partner with product and design teams to prototype and iterate on new AI features and products.
  • Stay ahead of the latest advances in Gen AI space, including agentic systems, reasoning capabilities and context engineering.


Who You Are
  • Hands on experience with LLMs
  • Proven track record of solving real-world problems with AI / ML
  • Advanced statistical and data analysis skills
  • STEM degree from top university
  • Passionate about transformative AI technologies
  • Product-driven mindset: prioritizing practical ML solutions for better client outcomes
  • Proactive problem solver with "get it done" attitude
  • Excellent communication skills for effective team collaboration
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and take ownership end-to-end


Nice to Have
  • Prior experience in AI startups
  • Strong publications or GitHub profile


Why Join Nevis?
  • Work alongside a high-calibre founding team backed by some of the best investors in the world.
  • A fast-paced, high-growth environment with the opportunity to shape how the business operates.
  • Be part of a mission-driven company transforming the wealth management industry with huge potential for global impact.
  • Competitive salary and benefits package, including company equity.

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