Job Description

About Us:
Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited (“Huatai International” or “the Company”), is the only overseas wholly-owned or controlled subsidiary of Huatai Securities. Huatai International is the Huatai Group’s international arm which plays as a crucial role in the group's internationalization strategy by:
a) not only providing offshore capital market services (and a global business platform) but also provides onshore clients with valuable cross-border capital market services (aligned with the mainland China government’s policies and commercial intentions);
b) actively making use of Huatai Securities’ leading position, distribution network and customer base in mainland China;
c) integrating on a global basis across many jurisdictions and regions, a successful and fully integrated international financial platform with innovative financial services solutions.

Huatai International operates as a holding company for consolidating all of the group’s cross-border businesses and companies under one umbrella, offering a truly unified and international business platform. In recognition of such international strength, the renowned international rating agency Standard and Poor’s has assigned Huatai International a “BBB+” rating (for long term) and “A-2” (for short-term).

The AI Application Developer supports Huatai International’s strategic AI initiatives by designing , developing and deliver production-ready AI applications. This role focuses on building practical, production-ready AI solutions, either by enhancing existing business applications with AI capabilities or by developing new AI-driven applications and agent-based systems.

• Design, develop, and integrate AI-powered features into existing enterprise applications or new agentic AI applications to support business functions (e.g. research tools, internal productivity platforms).
• Assemble AI solutions using a combination of models, frameworks, APIs, and enterprise platforms.

• Work with business stakeholders to understand functional requirements and develop them into application-level AI solutions.

• Develop, test, and deploy AI applications with a focus on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Ensure solutions comply with security, data governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Support full lifecycle: deployment, monitoring, optimization, and user feedback iteration.

• Stay current with advancements in AI application frameworks, LLM tooling, and agent architectures.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI to improve efficiency, user experience, and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development, AI application development, or related roles in regulated environment (financial services preferred).
• Hands-on experience developing applications using AI technologies such as LLMs, NLP, or applied machine learning.
• Knowledge of financial markets, investment workflows, or regulatory/compliance processes.

Technical Skills

• Strong programming skills in Python; experience integrating APIs and third-party services (cloud-based or enterprise-grade).

• Practical experience with LLM-based applications (RAG, agent orchestrations), prompt engineering, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Familiarity with AI agent concepts, orchestration logic, and tool-based reasoning.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical teams and business users.
• Ability to translate business requirements into working applications with a user-focused mindset.

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and process improvement skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure and changing priorities.
• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese; conversational Mandarin is required.
• Self‑motivated, proactive, and a strong team player.