Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. · 2 months ago
Vice President, AI Product Engineer
Los Angeles
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expOaktree Capital Management is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments. They are seeking an AI Product Engineer to join their Product Engineering group, focusing on turning advances in LLMs and generative AI into practical products, collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to develop AI-native applications that address real business challenges.
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Responsibilities
Prototype LLM-powered tools, copilots, and retrieval-based workflows using APIs, embeddings, and orchestration frameworks
Build full-stack AI features with robust infrastructure, including retrieval logic, prompt pipelines, caching, evaluation, and observability
Own the full AI lifecycle—from data preparation and experimentation to deployment and monitoring
Rapidly evaluate new models and frameworks (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, open-source) to test what works and discard what doesn’t
Monitor and improve system performance: accuracy, latency, hallucination, and user satisfaction
Translate ambiguous user or business needs into scoped, AI-capable features with clear goals and success metrics
Prioritize experiments and features based on impact, feasibility, and data—balancing speed with quality
Conduct internal or external user testing to validate product direction, gather feedback, and improve iteratively
Define KPIs and success criteria for AI-driven products, and track performance over time
Collaborate cross-functionally to align AI initiatives with product strategy, roadmap planning, and stakeholder needs
Act as a product owner for AI systems: making trade-offs, communicating rationale, and ensuring continuous learning from usage data
Ship fast, iterate smartly, and create real value—without waiting for perfect conditions and build systems that are observable, scalable, and evolve with usage
Help shape a company-wide culture of AI innovation and responsible deployment
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering or ML experience, with 3+ years focused on LLMs, NLP, or applied AI
Proven track record shipping production AI tools or platforms used by real users
Deep experience with Python, LangChain/OpenAI SDK, embeddings, RAG architecture, and vector DBs
Strong product sense—ability to define problems, measure impact, and drive iterative improvement
Hands-on experience optimizing LLM workflows for latency, cost, performance, and reliability
Ability to think from first principles and manage ambiguity across both technical and product domains
Experience with model fine-tuning, LoRA, or open-source model hosting (e.g., Hugging Face, Ollama, BentoML)
Familiarity with agentic design, LangGraph, or task decomposition frameworks
Exposure to product analytics (Amplitude, Mixpanel, custom telemetry) and A/B testing of AI features
Experience building internal tools or workflows that increased efficiency or automation
Experience in designing user flows while simultaneously optimizing a prompt or embedding index
Preferred
Master's in computer or data science
Benefits
Discretionary bonus incentives
Comprehensive benefits package
Flexible work arrangement
Company
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $218 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2025.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2019-03-13Acquired
2012-04-12IPO
Leadership Team
Armen Panossian
Co-CEO and Portfolio Manager
Robert O'Leary
Co-CEO and Portfolio Manager, Global Opportunities
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