AI/ML Lead Engineer

Franklin Templeton

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Stamford, ConnecticutSan Ramon, CASan Mateo, CA
Salary
$180,000–$212,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago

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This role $196k
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This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $168,199–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $196k versus about $207k for comparable roles.

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About Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton is a global investment management organization offering a wide range of mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investment solutions to retail and institutional investors worldwide. Industry: Investment Management & Asset Management

Franklin Templeton currently has 5 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$170,000 across 5 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · AI/ML Lead Engineer

As an AI/ML Lead Engineer at Franklin Templeton’s O’Shaughnessy Asset Management in Stamford, Connecticut, you will join a forward-thinking team to design and implement advanced multi-agent systems that simplify financial advisors' work by leveraging client data and portfolio performance. Your daily tasks include building agent workflows with context retrieval, reasoning, tool execution, validation, and compliance checks, while ensuring robust observability and monitoring. You’ll develop distributed services for agent execution, embed AI agents into the Canvas platform to provide natural insights, and establish evaluation frameworks for accuracy and financial correctness. Essential skills include 5+ years of production AI/LLM system experience, proficiency in Python, expertise with vector databases like Pinecone or FAISS, and hands-on experience with observability and fault-tolerant systems. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and global asset management, contributing to a scalable multi-agent platform that addresses reliability and regulatory challenges.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement production-grade multi-agent systems using leading frameworks.
  • Build agent workflows integrating context retrieval, reasoning, tool execution, validation, and compliance checks.
  • Develop distributed services for agent execution with strong observability and monitoring capabilities.
  • Embed AI agents and chatbots into the client-facing platform to provide natural insights for advisors.
  • Establish evaluation frameworks for multi-step reasoning accuracy and financial correctness of AI models.
  • Implement memory management, context handling, and state persistence strategies for agents.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in production AI/LLM systems.
  • Expert proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with vector databases like Pinecone or FAISS.
  • Experience implementing multi-step agent workflows using frameworks such as LangChain or OpenAI function calling.
  • Strong background in building distributed services or microservices architectures.
  • Experience in implementing observability, monitoring, and fault-tolerant systems for high-availability applications.

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