Applied AI Research Engineer

Norm (Headquarters: New York City, NY)

AI Machine Learning ML Research Engineer Python Docker Postgres Redis AI Infrastructure LLM Prompt Engineering Data Science Software Engineer Regulatory Compliance PDF Processing Unstructured Data AI Engineer Data Science Staff Engineer

**About Norm Ai**

Norm Ai is the Compliance AI Platform for legal standards-based reasoning & workflow automation. We developed the first Domain Specific Language (DSL) for fully representing regulatory requirements in AI code. This DSL, deployed with our enterprise platform, enables Norm clients to transform workflows and apply compliance checks at the source of business activities. By building and deploying Government-Grade Regulatory AI, we are setting the norms for compliance processes at the largest institutions in the world, and laying the groundwork for the deployment of AI agents more broadly in highly regulated workflows. Our client base includes firms with a combined $17 Trillion in AUM, and growing quickly. Our Software Engineers came from Palantir, Google, Meta, AWS, Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. Our Legal Engineers are from Harvard Law, Stanford Law, Yale Law, Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk, Greenberg Traurig, the SEC, and FINRA. We have raised $87 million from top VCs and global institutions.

**This Role**

As an Applied AI Research Engineer at Norm Ai, you will take a methodical and holistic approach to increasing the coverage and capabilities of our automation platform. You will collaborate closely with and act as a bridge between our software engineering, legal engineering, and product teams to design and refine our AI-driven compliance solutions.

**You Will:**

*   Design and build AI-powered, enterprise-grade software to meet rapidly increasing demands.
*   Regularly contribute performant and high-quality code to our production codebase that conforms to the high standards of our software engineering team.
*   Autonomously prioritize between development velocity and long-term robustness of proposed solutions, always with a ruthless propensity for action.
*   Run experiments with new LLM techniques and technologies across our AI infrastructure, content processing, and regulatory workflows.
*   Write prompts, iterate on them, and design systems for continuous improvement.
*   Develop regulatory expertise that can be used as part of our LLM workflows.

**Skills & Experience - Core:**

*   4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, ML engineer, or Data Scientist.
*   Strong programming skills in Python, proficiency in Docker and data storage technologies such as Postgres and Redis.
*   Willingness to work with frontend technologies (Typescript, react, etc) when required.
*   Experience in AI/ML infrastructure and tooling.
*   Interest in becoming a regulatory domain expert and working closely with legal and regulatory professionals.
*   Strong reading and writing skills.
*   Strong quantitative skills that can enable a data-driven approach to problem solving.

**Skills & Experience - Pluses:**

*   Experience deriving insights from PDFs and/or other unstructured or semi-structured data types
*   Familiarity with the latest research in LLMs and an eagerness to adopt new model capabilities as they become available
*   Background working on complex compliance or regulatory systems.

**Benefits:**

Competitive salary ($200k-$250k) along with equity compensation. Comprehensive benefits package includes a 401(k) plan with the maximum legally permitted employer match. Top-tier insurance coverage (health, dental, hospital, accident, vision). Relocation reimbursement for NYC. Fast-paced learning environment.

**Location:** NYC Hybrid