As Vega's first dedicated AI hire, you will design and ship foundational features across document intelligence, agent orchestration, and workflow automation. Working directly with leadership, you'll move prototypes to production for a high-growth sector. This role offers high autonomy to define the company’s AI practice while building on a modern Java and AWS stack.
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AI/Agent Engineer at Vega
Join Vega as the first dedicated AI Engineer building AltOS, an AI-powered operating system for the $20T alternative asset market backed by $28M from Apollo and Motive Ventures. In this foundational London-based role, you will design sophisticated agentic pipelines and document intelligence features alongside a high-pedigree founding team from KKR, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs; it is a rare opportunity for a first-principles builder to own the technical roadmap, define the company’s AI practice, and ship high-impact products at an intense, fast-moving fintech scale-up.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
FinTech50-100 employees
Vega is a $28M London-based fintech building AltOS, an AI-powered client and distribution operating system for the $20T alternative asset management industry.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Design and build production-ready AI features including multi-agent orchestration, RAG pipelines with AWS Bedrock, and sophisticated document intelligence tools.
- Collaborate directly with product and senior leadership to rapidly prototype new concepts and iterate them into core platform features.
- Define the technical standards for AI engineering at Vega, taking full responsibility for the architecture, scoping, and shipping of agentic systems.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record of shipping LLM-powered tools or agent pipelines, demonstrating a first-principles approach to solving complex engineering problems.
- Deep technical proficiency with AI/LLM technologies such as AWS Bedrock, Anthropic SDK, and building RAG systems within production environments.
- Strong background in backend development (Java 21/Spring Boot) or full-stack engineering, with a restless drive to build and iterate quickly in an early-stage startup.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join as the first dedicated AI hire, gaining foundational ownership over how AI and agentic workflows are integrated across the entire AltOS platform.
- Backed by $28M from industry giants like Apollo and Motive Ventures, you'll disrupt an industry managing $20T in assets that is desperate for technological transformation.
- Work alongside a high-pedigree founding team from KKR, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs, combining deep domain expertise with top engineering talent from Revolut.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
I get to know what you’re great at, then find roles you’d never find yourself.Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
I recruit from Jack’s network and make the intro when I spot a great match.And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 15 million jobs daily and helps you discover roles at companies like this.
How does this work?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If it’s a match and the company wants to meet you, they’ll make the intro. In the meantime, if you’d like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.