AI Engineering Manager
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Full Time
Junior (1 to 2 years)
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Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying NLP and ML models in real-world, production-grade environments
- Proven experience training, fine-tuning, and deploying LLMs and successfully integrating them into production systems
- Real-world experience orchestrating agentic AI solutions with MCPs; must have successfully used or implemented MCPs to drive agentic AI processes at scale within production systems
- Strong problem-solving ability, with a knack for translating ambiguous business problems into well-structured model development strategies
Responsibilities
- Lead and expand the AI Engineering team focused on developing, fine-tuning, and maintaining LLM-driven and other AI systems that automate and optimize key business processes
- Be a hands-on technical leader, contributing directly to architecture, code, and model development while mentoring AI engineers on best practices
- Own the full AI lifecycle: from ideation and experimentation through production deployment and monitoring, in partnership with our Engineering and Analytics teams
- Establish strong technical standards for model evaluation, observability, governance, and reliability, ensuring seamless integration into production systems
- Drive applied AI innovation, leveraging emerging models, frameworks, and tools while balancing cutting-edge exploration with practical business impact
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Product to translate real-world business challenges into concrete, deployable AI solutions
- Foster a culture of excellence, encouraging rapid prototyping, rigorous testing, and continuous improvement
- Ensure AI reliability and performance at scale, including monitoring, retraining, and iterative refinement of deployed systems
- Contribute strategically to the company’s AI roadmap and play a key role in setting technical direction and long-term vision
Skills
Figure
Blockchain-based home equity lending solutions
About Figure
Figure is a financial technology company that uses blockchain technology to improve financial transactions, specifically in the home equity lending market. It offers products like Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) and mortgage refinancing, allowing homeowners to access their home equity quickly and efficiently. The application process is fully online, enabling homeowners to receive funds in as little as five days, which is much faster than traditional banks that can take weeks or months. Figure ensures secure and cost-effective transactions through blockchain, and it generates revenue from origination fees and interest on loans, with competitive rates starting at 3.49% APR. Targeting homeowners across various U.S. states, Figure aims to meet the demand for quick access to home equity for purposes like home improvements or debt consolidation.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2018Year Founded
$406.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Fintech, Crypto & Web3Industries
201-500Employees
Benefits
Health & wellness - Figure pays 100% of premium costs for employees and dependents for medical, dental, and vision insurance (with the exception of costs associated with the buy-up medical plan.)
Continuing education - Figure will reimburse eligible employees for approved continuing education that either offers growth in an area related to his or her current position or that may lead to promotional opportunities.
Flexible time off - We offer 10 company-wide holidays plus one personal holiday, generous Flexible Time Away (FTA), Paid Time Off (PTO), and Paid Parental Leave.
Bonus & stock options - Figure’s Bonus Plan recognizes and rewards eligible employees’ efforts and contributions. Eligible employees are also granted an option to purchase a set number of shares of Figure’s common stock.
Risks
Recent layoffs may indicate financial instability or restructuring challenges.
New piggyback loan product could increase financial risk amid housing affordability issues.
Volatile crypto market could impact Figure's blockchain initiatives.
Differentiation
Figure uses blockchain to offer fast, secure home equity access in five days.
The company provides a fully online application process, unlike traditional banks.
Figure's competitive interest rates start as low as 3.49% APR.
Upsides
Increased blockchain adoption boosts Figure's secure transaction offerings.
Figure Connect taps into the demand for liquid private capital markets.
Michael Tannenbaum's appointment as CEO suggests potential for growth.
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