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VP, Investment AI Engineer
BOSTON · US
$225K–$275K
Full-time
SENIOR
About the Role
Acadian Asset Management is hiring a VP, Investment AI Engineer to design and build agentic AI solutions that accelerate investment research and portfolio workflows. This senior, execution-focused role partners with quantitative researchers and portfolio managers to translate complex investment intent into production-grade, human-in-the-loop workflows. The engineer also establishes guardrails, best practices, and evaluation metrics to ensure reliable and responsible AI usage within a systematic investment firm.
Responsibilities
- Deliver reusable skills that encode investment workflows, conventions, and institutional knowledge.
- Design, build, and operate investment-facing AI agents, skills, and workflows that automate research and portfolio tasks.
- Implement safe automation practices, including human-in-the-loop review, testing, and controlled execution.
- Define and maintain guardrails around cost, data access, agent scope, and commit size.
- Translate complex investment and research requirements into clear technical specifications and reviewable merge requests.
- Partner with quantitative researchers and portfolio managers to prototype, refine, and productionize AI-enabled workflows.
- Measure and improve workflow outcomes including adoption, quality, and time-to-value.
- Establish review norms for agent-generated changes to ensure clarity, auditability, and accountability.
Requirements
Acadian Asset Management
Boston · US · 330+ employees
Acadian Asset Management is a global quantitative investment manager providing systematic investment strategies across equity, credit, and alternative asset classes. The firm uses data, technology, and AI to identify market inefficiencies and generate risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors.
