Founding AI Engineer, Unique AI
Hedge Fund Agents
$200-250k
3+ days a week in office (6th Avenue, NYC)
Agentic AI for financial services
Open for applications
Agentic AI for financial services
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$200-250k
3+ days a week in office (6th Avenue, NYC)
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
- 5+ years of experience building software or ML/AI products, including 2+ years developing LLM-based systems; experience in financial services (hedge funds, asset management, trading, or fintech) is a plus
- Production GenAI delivery: demonstrated experience designing, deploying, operating and evaluating LLM-based applications in production environments, including agentic systems with tool calling and orchestration
- Engineering skills: strong proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices; experience with low-level LLM experimentation beyond frameworks
- Communication: exceptional communication and documentation skills; comfortable working with technical and business stakeholders, including senior client representatives, and communicating clearly when navigating ambiguity
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience shipping production AI systems
- Right to work: this position requires you to live in/around New York and to have a valid work permit, as well as the willingness to visit clients on-site within the USA
What the job involves
- We are now looking for a Founding AI Engineer, Hedge Fund Agents who thrives on building production AI agents for the hedge fund industry on Unique’s platform
- Design, build, deploy, and evaluate production AI agents for hedge fund workflows (e.g., investment research, portfolio analysis, risk, and compliance) on top of Unique’s platform
- Act as the senior technical counterpart to our Hedge Fund Product Expert, translating front-office workflows into reliable agent products
- Represent Unique as the technical authority in client engagements with hedge funds, supporting the full lifecycle from design partner to production deployment
- Collaborate closely with our product and engineering teams to feed deployment patterns and client insights back into the core platform
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 2 more jobs at Unique AI