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# Senior Associate, Artificial Intelligence Engineering

- **Company:** The Options Clearing Corporation
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $105,300.0 - $147,600.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Standard Sql, Software Engineering, AI Infrastructure, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Reliability of Systems, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18272462?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18272462%2FSenior-Associate-Artificial-Intelligence-Engineering-Illinois-Chicago

## About the Role

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

 * Genuine, demonstrated interest in AI/LLM systems, shown through coursework, personal projects, internships, or early professional work
 * Comfort working in a fast-evolving, still-forming team environment where standards and practices are actively being defined
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills
 * This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

Technical Skills:

 * Required: Strong Python skills; working knowledge of SQL
 * Required: Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and modern engineering practices such as CI/CD and containerization
 * Preferred: Hands-on exposure to Claude, the Anthropic API, or Claude.ai/Console
 * Preferred: Exposure to agent orchestration frameworks or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
 * Preferred: Interest or experience in AI infrastructure (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker)
 * Preferred: Interest in financial markets or other regulated industries

Education and/or Experience:

 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
 * 2-4 years of professional software engineering experience (internships and substantial academic project work may be considered for exceptional candidates)

## Description

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

 * Build and ship production AI applications using Claude and Anthropic's tooling on AWS
 * Contribute to agent orchestration, tool integration, and context design for multi-step agentic workflows
 * Work on the application side (agent behavior, prompt and context architecture, evaluation design) or the infrastructure side (AWS environments, CI/CD, observability for AI systems), based on interest and team need
 * Implement automated evaluation methods and output validation checks that support system reliability in a regulated environment
 * Collaborate with senior engineers on technical design decisions and participate in code and architecture reviews
 * Partner with OCC's AI Governance function on the technical implementation of governance-defined standards


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