Staff Software Engineer

Job description

Staff Software Engineer Equity Methods is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Technology and Innovation group. This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of financial services domain expertise and applied AI engineering. You will work directly alongside our Python-based financial consultants to analyze how complex equity compensation and valuation workflows operate today — and redesign them as agentic AI workflows with well-placed Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) checkpoints that preserve the rigor and judgment our clients depend on. This is not a product or infrastructure role. The core of the job is deep collaboration with practitioners who understand the domain, translating that understanding into production AI systems that augment — not replace — expert judgment. The Role in a Nutshell: - Embed with financial consulting teams to conduct structured workflow analysis and requirements gathering — mapping how SAS and Python-based financial processes actually work before designing any solution. - Identify where AI agents can take over routine, high-volume, or pattern-driven steps in financial workflows, and where human review, appr...