AI Engineer

Job Title: AI Engineer

Department: Technology

Location: New York

Corporate Title: Associate

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $125,000 -$150,000 per year* (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).

Company overview

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, we service the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through our four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.

Driven by the insights of some 28,000 people worldwide, we put our clients at the center of everything we do, delivering unparalleled access to, from and within Asia. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

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Department Overview:

The Information Technology department at Nomura is at the forefront of innovation, driving technology solutions that empower our business and enhance client experiences. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop and maintain robust systems and infrastructure, ensuring the security, reliability, and efficiency of our operations. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that embraces technological advancements to deliver value and drive our digital transformation journey. 

Key Responsibilities:

The Intl AI CoE plays a key role in defining and implementing the firm's AI strategy, driving change through these capabilities, enforcing data, cloud and AI governance for the firm, and elevating Nomura's data culture.

• Information delivery & analytics. State-of-the-art expertise across, Large Language Model (LLM) Integration, prompt engineering strategies and templates, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic system etc.
• AI Ops. Responsible for integration, deployment and monitoring of Generative AI products and solutions. Enabling data architecture and delivery of data-analytics AI platforms and Solutions- on-premises, cloud, and hybrid ensuring adherence and conformance to Nomura standards and policies
• Be a trusted partner. Shape the information & analytics agenda at Nomura, and work with all of Nomura’s businesses in laying out their information & analytics adoption roadmaps.
• Risk Mindset: Familiar with risk and controls frameworks and ability to operate with a control mindset

Required Qualifications:

• Designing and developing AI Agent/chatbots using LLM and RAG, Agentic Framework.
• Building context-aware dialogue systems and Developing multi-turn conversation management
• Developing APIs and SDKs for Generative AI services
• Microservices Development: Building and maintaining highly scalable and fault tolerant microservice, including efficient server-side APIs.
• Deployment: Hands on with CI/CD, Jenkins, DevOps process, Enterprise integration patterns.
• Hands-on with programming languages (Python, SQL, Unix scripting etc.)
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS EC2, EMR or similar tools with ability to drive design and data model discussions, hybrid data architecture.
• Proficiency in React with hands-on experience in UI development a plus.
• Ability to understand and integrate cultural differences and work effectively with virtual cross-cultural, cross-border teams.
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.
• Experience with senior stakeholder management will be an added advantage.
• Excellent communication (verbal, written, listening), presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to analyze complex situations and derive workable actions.
• Able to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value to the firm
• At least 3-year Bachelor’s degree in quantitative fields with minimum of 5 years of relevant data experience in data engineering /Gen AI, full stack engineering, preferably in financial organizations or Masters in quantitative fields (Computer Science, Statistics or similar)
• Experience of working with a multi-cultural, multi-disciplined, globally dispersed teams
• Certifications in relevant technologies or frameworks are a plus.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

* base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired in the U.S., employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors”.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer