This is an early IT career, hands-on role designed for candidates who want to build a strong foundation in Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI systems. You will contribute to real-world AI solutions—such as retrieval-based applications, internal copilots, and workflow automation—while learning enterprise-grade engineering practices in a regulated financial services environment.
What You’ll Do
- Assist in building and enhancing Generative AI applications such as RAG-based solutions, internal copilots, and AI-powered workflows.
- Contribute to prompt development, testing, and basic evaluation of LLM outputs.
- Support implementation of data ingestion, chunking, embeddings, and retrieval pipelines.
- Write and maintain clean, well-tested code using Python.
- Work with cloud-native services (Azure and/or AWS).
- Participate in CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
- Learn and follow Responsible AI, security, and compliance guidelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business use cases.
- Document implementations and contribute to knowledge sharing.
- Stay current with emerging GenAI tools and practices.
What You Need to Have
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, or a related field.
- 0–5 years of experience in software development, data engineering, or AI/ML (internships count).
- Foundational understanding of AI and machine learning concepts.
- Exposure to Generative AI concepts such as LLMs, embeddings, or retrieval-based systems.
- Hands-on experience with Python.
- Familiarity with cloud concepts (Azure or AWS).
- Knowledge of Git and software development workflows.
- Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
Nice to Have
- Projects involving chatbots, LLMs, or GenAI applications.
- Exposure to Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, Hugging Face, LangChain, or vector databases.
- Basic knowledge of DevOps or MLOps concepts.
- Familiarity with information retrieval or search.
- Exposure to financial services or regulated industries.
What Will Really Catch Our Eye
- Personal or academic AI/GenAI projects.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new tools quickly.
- Clear documentation or presentations of technical work.
- Evidence of collaboration or peer mentoring.
- Passion for solving real-world business problems with technology.
About Us
What we give you in return:
Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:
- Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
- Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
- 20 plus days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
- 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
- Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
About Cetera Financial Group:
Cetera Financial Group ® ("Cetera") is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is one of the largest independent financial advisor networks in the nation by number of advisors, as well as a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.
Through its multiple distinct firms, Cetera offers independent and institutions-based advisors the benefits of a large, established broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, while serving advisors and institutions in a way that is customized to their needs and aspirations. Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support, and innovative technology.
" Cetera Financial Group " refers to the network of independent retail firms encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors LLC , Cetera Wealth Services LLC (f/k/a Cetera Advisor Networks), Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions, or Cetera Investors . All firms are members FINRA/SIPC.
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