Cognitive Systems Engineer
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About this role
Company Overview:
At Snap Finance, we believe everyone deserves access to the things they need, regardless of credit history. Since 2012, we've used data, machine learning, and a more human approach to create flexible financing solutions that help people move forward. We're proud of our inclusive, supportive culture, built on empowering our customers, partners, and team members alike. When our people thrive, so does our innovation.
If you're looking to make an impact and grow with a team that values you, come join us!
Job Description
How you'll make an impact:
Design and build agentic analytics systems that can reason over data, generate insights, and take action with minimal human intervention
Define and manage the context lifecycle for agents (ingestion, memory, retrieval, pruning, and evaluation)
Write high-quality agent specifications (prompts, tools, workflows) that are modular, testable, and production-ready
Optimize token efficiency, latency, and cost across multi-agent workflows without sacrificing output quality
Develop automated orchestration frameworks for chaining agents, handling fallbacks, and managing state across complex tasks
Implement evaluation and quality control loops (automated scoring, human-in-the-loop, and self-healing systems)
Translate ambiguous business questions into structured, agent-executable analytics workflows
Build and maintain data pipelines and feature layers that support real-time and batch agent reasoning
Partner with analytics, engineering, and product teams to embed agentic systems into real business processes
Continuously experiment with new models, tooling, and architectures to push system capability forward
What you'll need to succeed:
Strong foundation in data analysis and/or data science (SQL, Python, statistical thinking, experimentation)
Experience building production-grade data systems or ML systems (pipelines, APIs, orchestration frameworks)
Working knowledge of LLMs and agentic architectures (prompt design, tool use, memory strategies, evaluation techniques)
Ability to think in systems, not just models—understanding how components interact, fail, and scale
Experience or strong interest in automation and autonomous workflows
Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward building, testing, and iterating quickly
Clear, structured thinking with the ability to write precise specifications for both humans and machines
Strong engineering discipline around versioning, testing, observability, and performance optimization
Curiosity about the future of analytics and a drive to move beyond dashboards into decision systems
Why Join Us:
Generous paid time off
Competitive medical, dental & vision coverage
401K with company match for US
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
Access to mental health and wellness resources
Company-paid volunteer time to do good in your community
Legal coverage and other supplemental options
A value-based culture where growth opportunities are endless
More:
Snap values diversity and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Learn more by visiting our website at www.snapfinance.com.
California Residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Act Notice at https://snapfinance.com/ccpa-notice