Front Office GenAI Agentic Engineer - Vice President - Markets

Role

The Markets division is hiring a Vice President–level GenAI Agentic Engineer to design, build, and deploy agentic solutions that automate complex front-office workflows across Sales & Trading. The role focuses on architecting autonomous agents, integrating tools and APIs, and operationalizing LLM-driven systems in production with attention to security and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy agents that autonomously execute complex, multi-step business workflows, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Build and integrate APIs/tools to enable secure and reliable agent access to internal and external resources.
• Develop advanced prompts and system instructions to define agent behavior, reasoning, and interaction patterns.
• Implement state and memory management to track agent progress, maintain context, and enable learning from interactions.
• Create frameworks for evaluation, debugging, and validation of agent reasoning and behavior.
• Collaborate with product managers, data science, and business teams to identify automation opportunities and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Produce high-quality software, documentation, and model validation artifacts while adhering to Agile SDLC and compliance standards.

Requirements

Required

• 5+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent through work experience, training, military experience, or education).

Desired / Preferred

• 5+ years expert-level Python and core software engineering principles.
• Hands-on experience with major GenAI platforms (e.g., Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Amazon Bedrock) or open-source frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen).
• Deep knowledge of LLM and API integration, including RESTful API design.
• Experience designing complex, event-driven applications and agentic or event-driven systems in production.
• Experience with container-based deployment (Docker, OpenShift) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure).
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (React, Angular), testing, and observability best practices.
• Strong systems thinking, cross-functional communication, and prior experience in banking/capital markets or sales & trading is a plus.
• Strong Java development experience with modern frameworks is desired; advanced degree (MS/PhD) in a technical field is a plus.
• “Vibe coding” experience is noted as a plus.

Compliance & Expectations

• This position is subject to FINRA background screening and ongoing regulatory obligations.
• Candidates must comply with applicable risk and compliance programs and may be subject to restrictions on outside activities and personal investing.

Compensation & Benefits (excerpt)

• Base pay range: $159,000.00 - $305,000.00 (pay may vary based on factors like experience and location).
• Benefits include health coverage, 401(k), paid time off, disability and life insurance, parental and caregiving leave, tuition reimbursement, and other employee programs.