AI Research Scientist
AllianceBernstein21 hours ago
Nashville, TN, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and deploy generative AI applications using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, intelligent agents, and multi-step agentic workflows.
- Develop forecasting, ranking, predictive, and quantitative models from structured and unstructured data for investment research, portfolio management, and risk analysis.
- Build scalable software and data pipelines and establish model evaluation, monitoring, observability, and governance.
- Partner with investment, operations, and distribution teams to translate business problems into practical AI solutions.
- Evaluate emerging AI research and tools, prototype approaches, and lead adoption across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 2 years of experience building and deploying machine learning or AI solutions in production.
- Strong Python skills and experience writing production-grade, well-tested code.
- Knowledge of machine learning, statistical modeling, and predictive analytics.
- Hands-on generative AI experience with LLMs, embeddings, retrieval systems, prompt engineering, and LLM evaluation.
- Experience designing agentic or multi-agent systems using tool calling, API integrations, Model Context Protocol, and orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph or LlamaIndex.
- Clear communication skills and ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant quantitative field is preferred.
- Experience applying AI or quantitative methods in asset management, financial services, fintech, or capital markets is preferred.
- Knowledge of investment research, portfolio management, financial modeling, or risk management is preferred.
- Experience with financial text data and familiarity with cloud platforms, distributed computing, vector databases, and MLOps practices is preferred.
- Track record of turning research-stage AI ideas into scalable business applications is preferred.
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About AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein is a global investment manager that provides asset management, investment research, and wealth planning for institutions, financial advisors, and private clients. It offers mutual funds, separately managed accounts, ETFs, and private alternatives, earning management and performance fees. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Nashville, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: AB) with offices worldwide.