Associate AI Engineer
Morningstar is dedicated to empowering investor success through innovative products. The Associate AI Engineer role involves rapidly prototyping AI solutions within advisor workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams to validate ideas and create actionable prototypes for financial professionals.
Responsibilities
- Build and iterate AI prototypes for advisor workflows
- Integrate signals, models, and UX designs into working experiments
- Test feasibility and performance of AI behaviors in real workflow scenarios
- Collaborate closely with PMs, UX designers, and Research & Signals
- Capture technical learnings and provide handoff documentation for production teams
- Rapidly validate ideas before long-term engineering investment
Skills
- 1-2 years of AI engineering experience
- Experience using AI Coding tools like Claude Code and/or Cursor
- Experience with Python, LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI frameworks
- Ability to rapidly prototype with limited infrastructure
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Benefits
- 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
- Stock Ownership Potential
- Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
- Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
- Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
- Trust-Based Time Off
- 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
- 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
- Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
- Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Charitable Matching Gifts program
- Dollars for Doers volunteer program
- Paid volunteering days
- 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups
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