3 New Requirements:

1. AI / LLM Research Scientist – Advanced Language Models

Location: U.S. (Remote or Chicago Hybrid)
Compensation: $200,000 – $300,000 + bonus + equity

About the Role

We are seeking a Research Scientist to work on next-generation large language models and foundation models. This role focuses on advancing the state of the art in natural language reasoning, generative AI, and scalable model architectures.

The ideal candidate combines strong academic research credentials with practical machine learning experience and an interest in seeing research applied in real-world systems.

Research Areas of Interest

• Transformer architectures and foundation models

• LLM training and fine-tuning

• Reinforcement learning for LLM alignment

• Model reasoning and chain-of-thought learning

• Efficient training of large-scale neural networks

Responsibilities

• Conduct original research in machine learning and generative AI

• Design experiments and develop novel model architectures

• Train large-scale models using distributed infrastructure

• Collaborate with engineers to deploy models into production systems

• Publish research findings and contribute to open research discussions

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related field

• Experience working with large-scale deep learning systems

• Strong Python and ML framework experience (PyTorch preferred)

• Publications in major ML conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, ICLR, CVPR) strongly preferred

2. Applied AI Scientist – Machine Learning Systems

Location: Chicago / Remote
Compensation: $180,000 – $250,000

About the Role

We are looking for an Applied AI Scientist to bridge cutting-edge machine learning research with production AI systems.

This position focuses on turning new research ideas into scalable systems used in real-world applications.

Areas of Work

• Large-scale machine learning systems

• Model optimization and scaling

• Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

• Reinforcement learning and self-improving models

• Distributed model training

Responsibilities

• Develop machine learning models and training pipelines

• Design experiments to evaluate new AI architectures

• Work with engineering teams to deploy production AI systems

• Analyze large datasets and improve model performance

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or MS in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or related discipline

• Experience working with deep learning frameworks

• Strong mathematical and algorithmic background

• Experience with large-scale ML infrastructure preferred

3. Generative AI Research Engineer – Foundation Models

Location: U.S. Remote
Compensation: $170,000 – $240,000

About the Role

We are seeking a Generative AI Research Engineer to help build large-scale foundation models and generative AI systems.

This role combines research, engineering, and experimentation to develop next-generation AI systems capable of reasoning, generation, and multi-modal understanding.

Areas of Focus

• Large language model development

• Multi-modal AI systems (text, image, code)

• Model evaluation and alignment

• Efficient training and inference optimization

Responsibilities

• Implement and train large-scale deep learning models

• Develop model evaluation frameworks

• Improve model efficiency and scalability

• Work closely with researchers and engineers to iterate on new architectures

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or related field

• Experience with transformers, generative models, or LLMs

• Strong programming skills (Python, PyTorch, CUDA a plus)

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HOUSTON – Chief Financial Officer – Bank

GENERAL SUMMARY
The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for all of the bank’s fiscal operating results utilizing generally accepted accounting principles, such as cost accounting, budgets, regulatory agency and government reports, ensuring the safeguard of Bank assets. Counsels senior management on fiscal control and profitability; prepares, presents and interprets financial reports to senior management; adheres to tax laws and regulatory compliance to properly reflect the financial position of the Bank. Directs accounting department activities; provides leadership, training and supervision within the department; and provides a high level of customer relations and service. This position assists in attaining established Bank and department financial goals. Performs supervisory duties of department staff, coordinates staff for coverage in all related areas of the department. Directs bank business to maximize profits and return on capital by charting the financial direction of the bank, managing the bank’s investment portfolio, and assisting the President in achieving goals of profitability, safety and soundness, and community involvement. This position can also serve as a Branch Manager and is responsible for branch development. Work is varied in nature with changing priorities. This position requires a high degree of initiative, discretion and judgment. Incumbent applies advanced knowledge of Bank products, services, operations, and regulatory laws to work performed. Works under direction of the President & CEO and assures compliance with all bank policies and procedures as well as all applicable state and federal banking regulations including the Bank Secrecy Act.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (Majority of duties, but not meant to be all inclusive nor prevent other duties from being assigned as necessary)
Administrative:
Develops and directs the overall financial policies of the bank. This includes the design, implementation, andpromotion of financial discipline within the organization. Reviews, develops and implements accountingprocedures and concepts to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and internal policies that depend on accurateand timely filing of financial reports and accounts.
Identifies and recommends revisions of internal standards, policies, operating procedures, and new programs inassigned areas to improve efficiency including the administration of objective measurement analyses of staffrequirements and performance. Coordinates revenue enhancing and cost reduction programs.
-Works with the Board, CEO, and top management to develop long-term strategic plans to meet the organization’sgoals. This includes evaluating and assessing the economic and financial impact of business decisions on theorganization.
-Supervises the development and implementation of the bank’s financial plan and budget (short-and long-term).
-Provides the CEO and Board the information necessary to maximize profits, minimize operational costs and protectbank assets.
-Administers the bank’s investment portfolio:
-Keeps abreast of financial markets for both profit planning and special analyses.
-Makes investment recommendations on the purchase and sale of securities to Executive Management.
-Directs the purchases and sales of securities and corporate bonds.
-Actively monitors the security and bond portfolio.
-Performs month-end pricing in conjunction with Investment Accounting.
-Performs quarterly portfolio reviews and prepares written reports on assigned issuers or industries.
-Handles money market operations and management of the bank’s cash and liquidity position.
-Obtains the maximum use of available funds at minimum cost to the bank in its cash position.
-Oversees the bank’s accounts with other banking institutions, including the reserve account at the Federal ReserveBank.
-Coordinates overall asset and liability management efforts.
-Assists with the bank’s new business development program.
-Coordinates major expenditures and non-lending commitments.
-Communicates with regulators and auditors ensuring compliance.
-Provides supervision of and support to all assigned areas of branch operations where service or assistance is needed, overseeing activities of accounting, information technology, tellers, retail banking, and other operations personnel, opening and closing the branch.
-Ensures audit compliance and procedure quality control through the branch operational review; conducting unannounced audits of all branch cash funds and cash limits; ensuring the branch’s compliance with bank policies, procedures, and statutory regulations.
-Promotes business development and maintains deposit services, credit administration (if necessary), community relations and all other branch operations.
-Performs other duties as assigned by President & CEO/CLO.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES (Minimum education, experience, technical and communication skill levels and licenses/certificates normally required to perform the duties of this position.)
-Minimum three (3) years’ banking experience in position of CFO at a financial institution.
-Minimum two (2) years’ supervisory experience with ability to assist in resolving customer complaints or other issues not resolved by staff.
-Minimum three (3) years’ experience in investment portfolio management including extensive background in analyzing and researching individual securities, mutual funds, alternative investments, etc.
-Extensive knowledge of products and services, such as investment strategies, industry trends, current events, etc.
-Some formal credit training may be required when executing duties as Branch Manager or in the Lending area.
-Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
-In-depth knowledge of banking operations, products/services, and government laws and regulations.
-Advanced PC skills including word processing, databases, spreadsheet applications and internet applications.
–Demonstrated ability to work in a pressure-oriented environment
-Advanced written, oral and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with Board of Directors, Executive Management, and all departments of the bank.
This level of knowledge is normally acquired through completion of at least a 4-year college degree from an accredited university in Accounting or Finance (Master’s Degree and/or CPA designation preferred). Continued training in assigned fields is required. Experience in a high-volume atmosphere desired but may be reconsidered if other circumstances apply.

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AI / Large Language Model Research Scientist

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid or Remote)
Compensation: $180,000 – $260,000 + bonus + equity

Overview

Our client is seeking an AI Research Scientist to contribute to next-generation large language model (LLM) development and applied AI systems. This role will work closely with a multidisciplinary team of machine learning researchers and engineers developing advanced natural language and generative AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in LLM architectures, transformers, and generative AI

• Develop and train large-scale machine learning models

• Design experiments to evaluate model performance

• Publish research or contribute to technical white papers

• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy models into production

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or related field

• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX

• Background in LLMs, NLP, or deep learning

• Publications in NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR, or similar venues preferred

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