For data, platform, and applied-AI teams in NYC hiring engineers who can ship LLM-backed features and production Python systems: NextGen embeds vetted senior Python/AI engineers with your team. Every engineer is US-based, W-2 or long-term US contract, and has 6+ years of production Python plus real applied-AI experience. Typical time from signature to first shipped ticket: 10–14 business days.
A senior Python/AI engineer in NYC runs $150-$200/hr embedded, or roughly $200K-$280K base direct. NextGen engineers have 6+ years of production Python plus shipped LLM, RAG, or ML systems, are US-based on Eastern time, and start contributing within two weeks.
Document ingestion pipelines (contracts, filings, tax forms, matter files), classification and routing systems, and structured extraction against unstructured input. Typical stack: Python 3.12+, Pydantic, LangGraph or plain function orchestration, hosted LLMs via provider SDKs with a self-hosted fallback. Delivered with an eval harness so accuracy is measured, not asserted.
Partner-facing copilots, associate research assistants, portfolio-manager query interfaces, matter/engagement summarization. Retrieval over your own document corpus (iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint, S3), governed access controls, and audit logs on every query and response. Model-agnostic — OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or self-hosted Llama/Mistral/Qwen depending on data sensitivity.
ETL/ELT into Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift. Streaming ingestion via Kafka or Kinesis when latency matters. Feature stores, embedding indices (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate), and reporting layers. Backed by dbt for transformations, Airflow or Dagster for orchestration, and monitoring against actual SLAs — not just dashboards nobody watches.
The math on posting a Senior Python or AI Engineer role directly on LinkedIn, Indeed, or Wellfound: 8–14 weeks of calendar time from posting to first productive week, roughly 120–200 inbound applications to filter, 15–25 first-round interviews for your engineering managers to run, and — for NYC financial and professional services firms — a 30–50% offer-decline rate against competing bulge-bracket, fintech, and Big Tech packages.
The math with NextGen: 2–3 candidate profiles delivered within 5 business days, you interview only pre-vetted engineers with signed availability, and the first productive week starts 10–14 days after signature. Zero recruiting overhead on your side, no job-description writing, no sourcing, no first-round screening burden. If the engagement is going well at month three, contract-to-hire converts to full-time for a fixed conversion fee.
Post on a job board when the role is permanent, budget for it is set for FY, and you have an in-house recruiter with capacity. Use NextGen when the work needs to start this quarter, the scope is well-defined but the permanent-headcount decision isn't, or your engineering managers cannot afford 40–60 hours of interview loop time this month.
From signed engagement letter to first shipped ticket in your codebase.
Median across NYC financial and professional services firms. Renewable quarterly.
Senior through staff/principal, all-in, no recruiting markup.
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