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
Company Overview
Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.morningstar.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Morningstar has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 32 in 2025, 50 in 2024, 68 in 2023, 51 in 2022, 57 in 2021, 56 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.