VP Technical Lead, AI Engineering

WHO WE ARE

TIFIN builds AI-powered financial technology that personalizes and improves financial advice across consumers, advisors, workplaces, and institutions. Our modular platform embeds finance-tuned AI to deliver dynamic, tailored guidance at scale—without added complexity. Combining proprietary models, specialized data, and a fast-paced engineering culture, we create secure, compliant tools that power real outcomes. Other differentiators include:

• Speed: Our ability to stand up businesses at 2-4x the speed of typical fintech companies (building MVPs in 3 months and production-ready products in 6-12 months)
• Track Record: Previous exits include 55ip (acquired by J.P. Morgan) and Paralel
• Strategic Partners: Partners include J.P. Morgan, Franklin Templeton, Morningstar, Broadridge, Hamilton Lane, Motive Partners and SEI. 
• World-Class Team: Complimentary financial services & technical expertise from Google, Microsoft, Uber, PayPal, eBay, Techstars, BlackRock, LPL, Franklin Templeton, Morgan Stanley, Broadridge and more. 

OUR VALUES: Go with your GUT

• Grow at the Edge. We are driven by personal growth fueled by a beginner’s mindset. We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside. With self-awareness and integrity we strive to be the best we can possibly be. No excuses.
• Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth. We communicate with authenticity, precision and integrity to create a shared understanding. We identify opportunities within constraints and propose solutions in service to the team.
• I Win for Teamwin. We believe in staying within our genius zones to succeed and taking accountability for driving results. We are all individual contributors first and always thinking about what can be better.

ROLE OVERVIEW 

As VP Technical Lead, AI Engineering, you will own and lead development and delivery across various generative AI product lines. We are looking for individuals who have worked end-to-end and have experience building and shipping data-heavy AI or software products. Success will require hands-on development skills as well as architectural experience related to systems design and data infrastructure. This is an individual contributor and technical leadership role reporting into the CTO. 

PROJECTS

• AI Agent Orchestrator: Multi-agent systems that automate tasks and streamline workflows, driving measurable improvements in operational efficiency.
• Human-in-the-Loop Collaboration: AI-powered co-pilot for advisors and other user personas, streamlining workflows across business workflows such as prospecting, conversion, onboarding, and client servicing.
• Data Infrastructure: Event streaming architecture to load data into a Customer Data Platform, optimization of data loading from a wide variety of data sources.
• Seamless Legacy Tech Integration: Designed to navigate and optimize legacy systems for streamlined operations with computer use models.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Participate in architectural, design, and product sessions and be a crucial part of the decision-making process on overall technology direction
• Work closely with Product, Design, and other Devs to build customer-facing features
• Ensure delivery through technical leadership for AI engineering teams
• Manage technical optimization for maximum speed and scalability
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 5+ years of increasing responsibility as an individual contributor, project or technical leader in backend engineering roles
• Experience shipping AI or software products: developing and shipping highly scalable solutions designed to democratize data to everyone in an organization
• Track record of choosing the proper transit, storage, and analytical technology to simplify and optimize the user experience
• Hands on experience with various databases, designing and building ETL pipelines, coding in Python
• Resilience and adaptability - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus

COMPENSATION RANGE

$150,000 - $200,000 USD

In addition to cash compensation, a meaningful equity stake is a significant part of the overall package. Package also includes benefits program eligibility: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits and flexible PTO. 

TIFIN is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.