Accordance is a secure AI platform for professionals in accounting and finance that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Accordance uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized by our expert team of finance professionals, engineers, and research scientists. We’ve found product-market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Accordance are:
Exceptional product-market fit: We have partnered with the largest accounting firms and professional service providers in the world.
Strategic investors: Raised from top strategic investors.
World-class team: Accordance is hiring the best technical and non-technical talent from places like OpenAI, FAIR, Flexport, DeepMind, Google Brain, and Stanford AI Laboratory (SAIL).
Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with Microsoft and OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.
Value: Top of market cash and equity compensation.
As an AI Engineer at Accordance, you will develop and ship best-in-class AI solutions and iterate based on customer feedback from our users. You will work closely with our Finance & Accounting Research and Product teams to build optimized systems that deliver value to our customers. We are looking for individuals with past AI / ML experience that are excited about building the agentic professional services systems of the future.
The role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
ResponsibilitiesProduct Iteration: Build novel AI-native workflows end-to-end, finding the balance between state-of-the-art and pragmatism.
Stability: Deeply understand customer needs and identify product improvements, evaluating and improving our systems over time.
Large Scale Data Processing: Work with a variety of large, unstructured data sources to develop our products.
Prototyping: Identify new opportunities for AI solutions based on client needs, and set the direction and roadmap required to implement them.
Evaluation: Design and implement analytics-driven evaluation systems that enable product growth.
Candidates should have 2+ YoE (post-BS/MS) in an AI / ML role. Additionally, you may be a strong fit for this role if you:
5-9 years of experience at a large tax or accounting firm or equivalent professional service provider
Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality work product on demanding deadlines
Ability to effectively communicate with both clients and internal stakeholders and translate seamlessly and effectively between both groups
Ability to define positive outcomes in situations with underspecified success criteria
Willingness and desire to do work in the trenches — e.g., grading hundreds of answers, breaking down thousands of documents — getting AI models to do junior associate work requires a lot of things that look like junior associate work
Accordance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
Skills Required
- 2+ years of experience in an AI/ML role (post-BS/MS)
- 5-9 years of experience at a large tax or accounting firm or equivalent professional service provider
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality work product on demanding deadlines
- Ability to effectively communicate with clients and internal stakeholders and translate between groups
- Ability to define positive outcomes with underspecified success criteria
- Willingness to perform detailed, repetitive 'in the trenches' work (grading answers, breaking down documents)
- Ability to work in-person in San Francisco (relocation assistance offered)
What We Do
Accordance builds a frontier, multi-agent AI platform that empowers tax, audit and accounting teams to research, reason and draft authoritative work with citations. Founded by Stanford AI researchers and fintech founders, the SaaS product ingests unstructured financial materials, connects facts to primary authority, and provides verifiable, enterprise-grade assistance for CPAs and tax professionals while maintaining strong security controls.
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