Chaos Labs · 9 hours ago
Senior AI Data Scientist
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $150K/yr
6+ years expChaos Labs builds technology that powers safer, more accessible financial markets, and they are seeking a Senior AI Data Scientist to lead the design and evolution of their AI systems. This role involves working with LLMs, financial data, and decision systems to create reliable and scalable AI workflows.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)BlockchainRisk ManagementSoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Design and own single and multi-agent systems that reason, plan, and act over complex financial workflows
Define agent behavior, memory, and tool-use strategies with a strong emphasis on correctness and controllability
Develop and maintain LLM evaluation frameworks covering accuracy, faithfulness, latency, cost, regressions, and edge cases
Design structured prompting, schemas, and tool-calling strategies for production LLM systems
Build and operate MCP servers, including schema design, permissions, and safety boundaries
Analyze model behavior and failure modes, turning qualitative issues into measurable signals
Partner with engineering to productionize research insights: observability, retries, state, and reliability
Optimize system performance and cost across models, workflows, and agent architectures
Mentor engineers and data scientists, setting best practices for applied LLM and agentic systems
Qualification
Required
6+ years experience in data science, applied ML, or AI-focused software roles
3+ years building production AI / ML systems, with ownership beyond experimentation
Deep hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic patterns, and tool-calling systems
Strong Python skills and comfort working close to production systems and APIs
Experience with RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases
Strong intuition for model behavior, trade-offs, and failure analysis
Preferred
Experience applying ML or statistical methods to financial (crypto/DeFi a plus)
Strong intuition for model behavior in production and how it shifts with data, users, and constraints
Track record of building reusable ML or data abstractions that meaningfully improved team velocity or decision-making
Benefits
Paid Time Off - 21 vacation days + 7 sick days + 8 observed U.S. company holidays
Health Coverage - 100% employer-paid options (medical, dental & vision) for you and your dependents
FSA / HSA Options - depending on selected health insurance plan
Parental Leave - thoughtful policy to support your family needs
Wellness Programs - OneMedical, Teladoc, Talkspace, and EAP
Career Growth - opportunities in a rapidly expanding, global technology company with personalized professional development
Pre-tax Commuter Benefits
Compensation & Equity - competitive package aligned with growth and merit
Company
Chaos Labs
Chaos Labs is a cloud platform that allows teams to build high-fidelity agent and scenario-based simulations on mainnet forks.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$75MKey Investors
Haun VenturesGalaxy Venture Capital,PayPal Ventures
2024-08-15Series A· $55M
2023-02-21Seed· $20M
Leadership Team
Omer Goldberg
Founder & CEO
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