Fintech AI & Automation Lead

About Essor

Essor, where brands take flight. We find digital challenger brands and supercharge them into iconic global legends that consumers love. As a next-generation consumer products platform, we leverage technology, industry expertise, and strategic collaborations to ignite growth and launch brands beyond expectations.

Essor’s brand portfolio today includes a broad range of rapidly growing health & wellness and lifestyle brands like Boka, ZitSticka, Puracy, OTOTO Design, FreshCap, Iron Flask, Fullstar, NumNum, Key Nutrients, and Viking Revolution that are sold on Amazon, Direct to Consumer channels, and through national retailers like Target, CVS, and Walmart.

About The Role

We are hiring a Fintech AI & Automation Lead with 2–3 years of experience to join our FinTech team. Your primary goal isn’t just to analyze data, but to design and deploy practical AI systems that materially improve how our FinTech team operates. You will operate at the intersection of Finance and Engineering, owning outcomes and acting as the catalyst for our AI transformation.

What You'll Do

• Project Ownership: Comfortable scoping work, prioritizing tasks, and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Data Orchestration: Write clean, efficient code (Python/SQL) to extract insights, using AI coding assistants (like Cursor) to accelerate development cycles.
• AI Implementation: Design and deploy Agentic AI workflows to automate repetitive financial processes (e.g., reconciliation, reporting).
• Workflow Automation: Utilize tools like n8n to connect our fintech stack and eliminate manual data silos.
• Internal Upskilling: Share best practices and help teammates adopt AI tools in their workflows.

Who You Are

• With at least 2–3 years in Data, Fintech, or Technical Analytics roles.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and Agentic AI frameworks. Curiosity about AI reliability and evaluation.
• Strong proficiency in Python or SQL.
• Comfortable working with APIs and automation tools.
• Familiarity with AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) is a strong plus.
• A solid grasp of financial concepts (e.g., P&L, transaction flows, reporting).

We Are Seeking For People Who

• Are owners.
• Are continually raising the bar.
• Are sincerely open-minded, and are willing to examine their strongest convictions with humility.
• Nurture and embrace differing perspectives to make better decisions.

What's in it for you?

• A supportive, diverse and global team with a growth mindset.
• A scaling company with great industry professionals.
• A flexible (hybrid) working environment.
• Great opportunities to get involved with exciting projects.

If you are ready to join our fast-paced company, apply now!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin will be considered. No qualified applicants will be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status.

Key skills/competency

• AI System Design
• Workflow Automation
• Python Programming
• SQL Data Management
• Agentic AI Frameworks
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Financial Reporting
• Data Orchestration
• API Integration
• Project Management