Data Scientist, Unique AI
Client Facing, FSI Enterprise Solutions
$140-170k
Agentic AI for financial services
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Agentic AI for financial services
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-170k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower Financial Services by delivering cutting-edge, AI-powered solutions that streamline operations and drive innovation.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a Forward Deployed Data Scientist (FSI Enterprise Solutions) who is passionate about working directly with clients to develop AI Agents using Unique AI’s SDK
- Experience: 4+ years of experience as a data scientist
- Hands-on experience with LLMs: including tool calling and low-level experimentation beyond frameworks, as well as prompt engineering for customer use cases
- Proven experience developing and deploying GenAI solutions in production environments; hands-on experience with AI Agents is a plus
- Industry expertise: expertise in financial services environments (private banking, wealth/ asset management, insurance) is a plus
- History of successfully delivering projects for clients: translating customer requirements into tailored solutions
- Exceptional communication and documentation skills: comfortable to work with technical and business stakeholders, and to communicate clearly when navigating ambiguity
- Language: Fluent in English
- Education: Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Data Science, Comp
What the job involves
- In this role, you will spend time on-site with clients (3-4 days/ week), enabling them to maximize the value of our platform while providing hands-on support and expertise
- You will act as the primary technical point of contact for clients, ensuring smooth integration and adoption of Unique’s GenAI solutions while helping them build AI Agents using our SDK
- Additionally, you will collaborate closely with internal product and engineering teams to tailor solutions to client-specific requirements
Our take
Zurich-based Unique AI is a fintech solutions firm leveraging the power of AI to help companies optimise their middle and back office processes. Through a suite of AI agents, Unique’s solutions help financial institutions tackle complicated problems and enhance the customer experience, all whilst maintaining the highest standards of compliance.
What helps Unique stand out in the world of AI agents is its combination of flexible use case agents and customisable deployments. Its agile agents can be programmed to 25 specific use cases, many of which are common workload pilers for financial institutions, whilst the customisability of the platform means they can also be configured to unique problems encountered by clients.
With $30 million in Series A raised in 2025, Unique is planning to accelerate its plans for product development and market growth, with a focus on entering the US in the near future. With 40+ leading European clients, the company’s agile product shows promise and effectiveness.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2025
$30m
SERIES A
Dec 2023
$6.5m
SEED
Total funding: $52.5m
Company benefits
- Leading Company đź’Ş A chance to be part of a leading company in a rapidly evolving industry
- 5 additional educational days
- Hybrid set up 🧑‍💻🏢
- Culture 🌿 A modern company with flat hierarchies that focuses on a people-oriented culture and places great emphasis on transparency and open communication
- Innovative & Impactful Projects 🚀 Engage in groundbreaking projects within the Generative AI space. Contribute towards building the foundations enabling financial institutions to operationalize AI.
- Additional guaranteed vacation 🏝️ Enjoy our company-standard 25-day paid vacation policy
Company values
- We respect and value everybody's uniqueness - We know that diversity is a gain and makes us stronger as a team.
- We are a team of entrepreneurs - The success of our company depends on every single one of us.
- We foster sustainable business through integrity and loyalty - We aim to build long-term relationships with customers, employees and other partners.
Company HQ
Enge, ZĂĽrich, ZH
Leadership
Manuel Grenacher
(Co-Founder & CEO)Is also a Board Member of LAAZ Mountain Vision for Weisse Arena Group, Founder & Board Member at Core Systems AG and BenLink.
Michelle Heppler
(Co-Founder & CCO)Previously the Co-Founder and CCO of Pathmate Technologies, was a Senior Account Manager at Swisscom and an IT Business Lead for Daimler AG.
Andreas Hauri
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Head of Intelligence Services at SAP, was the CEO & Co-Founder of ambrpay and a Board Member & Investor for ph. ltd. Was also a Startup Mentor for two years at the Fintech10 Incubator & Accelerator
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