Remote AI Engineering Lead

Description:

• Belvo is an open finance API platform aiming to democratize access to financial services in Latin America.
• The company enables financial innovators to access and interpret financial data and initiate payments from end-users' accounts.
• Belvo has a team of over 90 people representing 20 nationalities, with offices in São Paulo and Mexico City, and a significant portion of the team working remotely.
• The company focuses on connecting fintech innovators with legacy financial infrastructure and strives for technological excellence.
• The AI Engineering Lead will shape the AI strategy by identifying, prioritizing, and executing high-impact AI initiatives to enhance company-wide efficiency and innovation.
• The role involves building, testing, and deploying internal tools and customer-facing features using the latest AI technologies.
• Collaboration with product, engineering, operations, and business teams is essential to discover use cases and implement intelligent systems.
• The position requires leading the full lifecycle development of AI services, including ideation, prototyping, evaluation, iteration, deployment, and maintenance.
• The work environment is fast-paced, emphasizing rapid learning and iteration.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have contributed to building and maintaining LLM-powered systems in production settings.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI SDKs, or PydanticAI is required.
• Understanding of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and its design considerations is necessary.
• Candidates should integrate AI tools like agents or copilots into their workflow to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• A curiosity about new models and tools, along with a practical approach to production use, is essential.
• Solid engineering skills in Python are required, with experience in Django or FastAPI being ideal.
• Candidates should value early progress sharing, close collaboration with stakeholders, and view learning as an iterative process.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering or building technical products is required.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is necessary to articulate technical decisions to diverse audiences.

Benefits:

• Employees receive stock options, emphasizing ownership within the company.
• An annual company bonus is linked to overall company performance.
• Flexible working hours are offered to accommodate various schedules.
• The company is remote-friendly, allowing employees to work from anywhere.
• A pet-friendly environment is provided.
• Health insurance is included as part of the benefits package.
• Employees receive paid time off on their birthday.
• Laptops are renewed every three years to ensure up-to-date technology.
• A training budget is available for professional development.
• Team-building events are organized to foster collaboration and camaraderie.
• Employees can swap bank holidays within the same month.
• Fitness and wellness stipends are provided to promote health.
• A yearly offsite event is organized for team bonding.
• Fresh fruit, all-you-can-drink tea, and coffee are available weekly.
• Extra days off are granted upon completing a company anniversary.