As a Software Engineer in AI Solutions, you'll manage the AI stack and product development, collaborating with stakeholders to enhance customer capabilities and business value.
WHO WE ARE
We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm, using technology to find a better way of doing things. The company's first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6's core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, FOCUS, We Insure, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, Zogo, and Bruce Markets.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As part of the PEAK6 AI Solutions Engineering team, you'll play a crucial role in PEAK6's AI strategy. You'll own PEAK6's internal software and AI lifecycle, transforming an already rich collection of AI solutions into high-quality products that enhance our customers' AI capabilities while also solving real world problems with AI.
We're looking for highly motivated and entrepreneurial engineers to own and grow this business while developing and scaling our suite of products. You'll work at the intersection of data engineering, product development and stakeholder collaboration to ensure our AI products are critical to our customer's success driving business value within PEAK6.
This role will be onsite and based out of our Austin HQ.
As a Software Engineer for PEAK6 AI Solutions team, you will:
YOUR EXPERIENCE
OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce, we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.
PEAK6 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.
PEAK6 is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please contact our HR department at [email protected]. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.
#PEAK6
We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm, using technology to find a better way of doing things. The company's first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6's core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, FOCUS, We Insure, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, Zogo, and Bruce Markets.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As part of the PEAK6 AI Solutions Engineering team, you'll play a crucial role in PEAK6's AI strategy. You'll own PEAK6's internal software and AI lifecycle, transforming an already rich collection of AI solutions into high-quality products that enhance our customers' AI capabilities while also solving real world problems with AI.
We're looking for highly motivated and entrepreneurial engineers to own and grow this business while developing and scaling our suite of products. You'll work at the intersection of data engineering, product development and stakeholder collaboration to ensure our AI products are critical to our customer's success driving business value within PEAK6.
This role will be onsite and based out of our Austin HQ.
As a Software Engineer for PEAK6 AI Solutions team, you will:
- Own the software and AI stack of code along with associated data.
- Partner with product and innovation leadership to develop the strategy, vision, and roadmap for the product.
- Own product development, outcomes and sweat the details across the end-to-end customer experience to ensure a high quality product that scales with incredible ease of use and fast time-to-insight partnering with product and innovations.
- Partner with product and innovation leadership on how best to position, market and drive the sales enablement of this product area.
- Understand competitive and market trends and be seen as the SME for AI and software engineering.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
- 5+ years building and delivering software products with a track record of driving business impact align with 1+ year of experience leveraging AI for software development and product innovation.
- Demonstrable expertise working on AI pipelines, analytics engineering best practices, data source evaluation, likely in prior analytics roles (e.g., analytics engineer, data engineer, or consultant with a strong engineering background).
- Demonstrable expertise in software engineering and development, as well as stakeholder alignment.
- High grit to do what it takes to drive business impact and progress over perfection, likely showcased in prior engineering roles.
OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce, we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.
PEAK6 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.
PEAK6 is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please contact our HR department at [email protected]. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.
#PEAK6
Top Skills
AI
Data Engineering
Software Engineering
PEAK6 Austin, Texas, USA Office
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