Sora Union

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a professional services company specializing in brand design and product engineering for businesses, organizations and governments. The Sora Union team is globally distributed and made up of diverse and talented professionals impacted by or at risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. The Consultant would bring the financial-services expertise into client engagements and act as the subject-matter partner to the Brand Strategist. You will be responsible for: Lead or contribute to discovery and client conversations with senior stakeholders. Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business model, products, audiences, competitive landscape and commercial priorities. Translate complex asset-management and investment topics into clear, commercially relevant insights. Identify key market trends, client needs, opportunities and challenges that should inform the brand strategy. Challenge assumptions and help identify what is genuinely distinctive and credible for the client. Provide financial-services context and expertise throughout the brand strategy process. Contribute to workshops, strategic discussions and client presentations. Work closely with the Brand Strategist to translate business and market insights into meaningful positioning and strategic recommendations. Ensure that brand recommendations are commercially relevant, credible within the financial-services context, and aligned with the realities of the asset-management market. Qualifications: 7+ years of experience in asset management, wealth management, or related financial services Strong understanding of the asset/wealth management ecosystem Ability to understand business models, products, audiences and competitive positioning Strong commercial and strategic thinking Excellent client-facing communication skills Ability to interview senior stakeholders and extract meaningful insights Ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear, accessible language Experience with market and competitor research Confidence working with senior executives Strong presentation and workshop facilitation skills Ability to collaborate effectively with brand, strategy, creative and research teams

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company that specializes in Design, Software Engineering. Our experienced talent comes from communities where there is displacement or risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We provide services to global companies and start-ups across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and education. We’re looking for a Senior Brand Designer with strong conceptual thinking, strategic judgment, and a high level of creative autonomy. We’re looking for someone who can challenge it, expand it, and turn it into a stronger solution than what was initially asked for. The ideal profile combines strong craft with critical thinking. Someone who understands that great brand work is not only about aesthetics, but about building clear ideas, systems, and experiences that solve real business and communication problems. You'll be responsible for: Own brand design projects from brief to delivery, taking responsibility for the quality and impact of the final outcome. Translate business and customer needs into clear, compelling creative concepts that are aligned with the brand strategy and objectives. Ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and identify opportunities that may not be explicitly stated in the brief. Explore multiple creative directions and confidently recommend the solution you believe will have the strongest impact. Develop and evolve brand identities, visual systems, campaigns, and creative assets across digital and other relevant touchpoints. Partner closely with Brand, Product& Engineering, and other teams to ensure consistency and coherence across the brand experience. Bring strong creative judgment, curiosity, and strategic thinking to every project, going beyond execution to make the work stronger than the original ask. Present and communicate creative concepts clearly, explaining the thinking behind design decisions and incorporating feedback constructively. Maintain high standards of craft, typography, composition, visual storytelling, and attention to detail. Contribute to and help evolve brand guidelines, design systems, templates, and processes that enable consistent and scalable brand execution. Balance creative ambition with business objectives, timelines, technical constraints, and practical delivery requirements. Stay curious about emerging design trends, tools, and cultural developments, bringing relevant inspiration and new thinking into the work. Support and inspire other designers through collaboration, feedback, and sharing best practices. Ideally, you'll have: Strong experience creating and evolving brand identities and scalable brand systems Excellent conceptual thinking and the ability to develop ideas beyond visual execution A strategic mindset, with the ability to understand the business context behind a brief High creative autonomy and the confidence to propose better approaches when appropriate Strong art direction, typography, composition, visual storytelling, and overall design craft Ability to take ownership of a project from an ambiguous or incomplete brief through to a polished solution Critical thinking and a strong point of view, while remaining collaborative and open to feedback Experience using AI as part of the creative process to explore, iterate, prototype, and elevate the quality of the final work, rather than simply accelerate production Ability to present and explain creative decisions clearly to internal teams and customers Strong attention to detail and consistency across complex brand systems Strong presentation and workshop skills B2 level English language proficiency or higher Nice to have: Experience with UX/UI and corporate website design is highly valued, particularly translating brand systems into clear, polished digital experiences. This is primarily focused on marketing and corporate websites rather than complex digital products or product UX. We’re looking for someone senior in both craft and thinking: a designer who can make excellent work, but also understands why it should exist in the first place. Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company that specializes in Design, Software Engineering, QA. Our experienced talent comes from communities where there is displacement or risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We provide services to global companies and start-ups across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and education. We are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our growing team, where you will act as an internal entrepreneur, driving AI initiatives from ideation to production both internally and for our customers. As a FDE, you will work closely with the  Engineering , Product/Brand Design, and QA teams. You'll be responsible for: Customer-Facing AI Solutions: Act as the primary technical partner for customers, translating operational needs into production-grade AI experiences. End-to-End Implementation: Own projects entirely, from data cleaning and prototyping to full deployment, monitoring, and debugging in customer environments. Performance Optimization : Implement model compression, quantization, and efficient serving techniques to meet strict latency and throughput requirements for customer-facing applications. Advanced Prompt Engineering & LLM Customization: Develop sophisticated prompt chaining, self-correction mechanisms, and context management strategies (e.g., using RAG architectures) to enhance LLM application performance and accuracy. Ideally, you'll have: AI/ FDE Development Experience: 3+ years of experience building and deploying production-level AI/ML models. MLOps Tooling: Hands-on experience with MLOps platforms and tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, or Weights & Biases for experiment tracking and model registry. Technical Proficiency: Strong expertise in Python and deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), along with experience in LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex). Data Engineering/API Skills: Proven ability to build and maintain high-performance, low-latency RESTful APIs (e.g., using FastAPI or Flask) for serving models, and strong proficiency in SQL/NoSQL databases for data integration. Customer-Facing Experience: Proven ability to work directly with stakeholders to define requirements and deliver value, ideally in a consulting or specialized engineering role. Deployment Expertise: Experience containerizing models (Docker) and deploying to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Entrepreneurial Mindset: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, taking initiative to solve ambiguous problems Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company that specializes in Design, Software Engineering. Our experienced talent comes from communities where there is displacement or risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We provide services to global companies and start-ups across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and education. We’re looking for a Financial Services Brand Strategist to help shape brand and go-to-market clarity for firms operating in complex, credibility-driven categories such as asset management, wealth, fintech, banking, insurance, and adjacent financial services. This role is about translating business model complexity, market positioning, trust signals, audience expectations, and growth ambitions into a clear strategic direction that can guide messaging, design, and digital experience. The strategist is expected to operate with fluency in regulated or credibility-sensitive environments where differentiation must be sharp, but never careless. You'll be responsible for: Lead discovery and strategic diagnosis for financial services clients Analyze category dynamics, competitors, market perceptions, and audience expectations Define or refine positioning, narrative, and differentiation Develop messaging architectures that balance sophistication, credibility, and clarity Shape website structure and content logic based on user intent and business priorities Translate strategic insight into actionable guidance for design and digital teams Contribute to client workshops, strategic presentations, and recommendation decks. Live presentations on a constant basis. Ideally, you'll have: Strong experience creating and evolving brand identities and scalable brand systems Excellent conceptual thinking and the ability to develop ideas beyond visual execution A strategic mindset, with the ability to understand the business context behind a brief High creative autonomy and the confidence to propose better approaches when appropriate Strong art direction, typography, composition, visual storytelling, and overall design craft Ability to take ownership of a project from an ambiguous or incomplete brief through to a polished solution Critical thinking and a strong point of view, while remaining collaborative and open to feedback Experience using AI as part of the creative process to explore, iterate, prototype, and elevate the quality of the final work, rather than simply accelerate production Ability to present and explain creative decisions clearly to internal teams and customers Strong attention to detail and consistency across complex brand systems Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company that specializes in Design, Software Engineering, QA. Our experienced talent comes from communities where there is displacement or risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We provide services to global companies and start-ups across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and education. We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer with 5+ years of experience to join our distributed team of creative professionals. Your technical skills, passion for programming, and ability to navigate both front-end and back-end technologies will greatly enhance our team's ability to deliver innovative solutions. We look forward to having you on board! You'll be responsible for: Design, develop, and implement front-end interfaces and backend solutions. Work closely with project managers and other team members to meet project requirements, deadlines, and schedules. Develop robust, scalable software that can handle high volumes of traffic. Collaborate in cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement new features. Participate in code reviews to uphold high-quality code and design standards. Troubleshoot, debug and enhance existing systems. Stay abreast of emerging technologies and propose how to utilize them to improve our products. Ideally, you'll have: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. 5+ years of experience as a Full Stack Developer. Familiarity with both front-end and back-end languages such as Python, HTML/CSS, JavaScript and Typescript. Strong knowledge of web frameworks like React/Nextjs, Vue.js/Nuxt or Svelte/Svelte Kit and server-side frameworks like Node.js or Nestjs. WordPress Experience with REST, GraphQL or TRPC. Proficiency with databases (SQL and NoSQL). Experience with cloud services like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus. Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a collaborative team environment. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union a globally distributed professional services company that specializes in Design, Software Engineering. Our experienced talent comes from communities where there is displacement or risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We provide services to global companies and start-ups across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and education. As a Project Manager at Sora Union, you will coordinate the day-to-day delivery of customer engagements across our two practices: Brand and Products & Engineering. You will partner with customers, delivery managers, practice directors, and distributed cross-functional teams to keep projects aligned with agreed goals, scope, timelines, budgets, and quality expectations. You’ll bring a strong foundation in technical and digital product delivery, along with the adaptability to support different types of engagements, maintain continuity across practices, and build trusted customer partnerships throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities: Scoping & Project Planning: Participate in customer scoping and estimation to understand objectives, deliverables, constraints, and success criteria. Translate the agreed scope into clear, adaptable project plans covering priorities, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, customer inputs, review cycles, resource needs, and target dates. Day-to-Day Delivery Coordination: Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of multiple customer engagements through clear priorities, responsibilities, timelines, meetings, and async collaboration. Maintain the project plan and ensure teams have the information, inputs, and decisions needed to keep work moving. Customer Partnership: Serve as the primary point of contact for delivery-related conversations. Build trusted customer relationships, manage expectations, maintain proactive communication, and facilitate kickoffs, workshops, status meetings, project reviews, and presentations. Cross-Practice Delivery: Coordinate engagements across Brand and Products & Engineering, adapting to different disciplines, workflows, and project needs. Maintain continuity across phases and practices by keeping context, requirements, decisions, dependencies, handoffs, and customer expectations aligned. Feedback & Change Coordination: Coordinate customer feedback and review cycles, document decisions, and translate feedback into clear actions and project plan updates. Identify changes that may affect scope, timeline, budget, or resources, make impacts visible, and facilitate alignment on next steps. Allocation & Financial Tracking: Ensure staffing plans are reflected in project allocations, in partnership with the Allocation Coordinator and Practice Directors. Keep allocations current as plans and estimates evolve, monitor time and budget performance, and flag gaps or material variances early. Risk, Reporting & Delivery Visibility: Maintain accurate project information and visibility across progress, milestones, budget, risks, blockers, decisions, and next steps. Facilitate resolution of delivery issues and escalate material risks or concerns when needed. AI & Process Improvement: Use approved AI tools to support planning, documentation, presentations, reporting, and workflow efficiency. Validate outputs for accuracy, context, and confidentiality, and contribute to reusable delivery practices and continuous process improvement. Ideally, you'll have: 4+ years managing digital product, software development, or related digital projects, preferably in professional services, consulting, or technology environments. Strong working knowledge of product and software development lifecycles, with the ability to bridge customer, business, and technical conversations. Experience coordinating brand, design-led engagements is highly valued. Experience managing multiple customer engagements with distributed, cross-functional teams. Experience participating in scoping, estimation, project planning, resource coordination, budget tracking, risk management, and change management. Excellent written, verbal, and customer-facing communication and facilitation skills, including experience leading meetings, workshops, project reviews, and presentations. A demonstrated ability to build trusted partnerships, navigate differing perspectives, and maintain alignment across customers and internal teams. Strong organizational skills, critical thinking, adaptability, and proactive problem-solving, with exceptional attention to detail. Practical experience using AI tools to support project delivery, documentation, reporting, and workflow improvement. Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a professional services company specializing in brand design, engineering services. The Sora Union team is globally-distributed and made up of diverse and talented professionals impacted by or at risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We’re looking for an experienced Senior AI QA Engineer to join us to help expand our team of diverse and experienced professionals. As a AI QA Engineer working on projects in partnership with our clients, you’ll work with products and companies both big and small, primarily responsible for ensuring they deliver the highest quality experience possible for their users. You’ll work with software developers, product managers, designers, and customer service teams to increase confidence in our clients’ releases, including testing applications, investigating issues, and reporting on results. You’ll be successful in this role if you enjoy working towards becoming one of the most knowledgeable individuals about a product and how it gets to consumers.  You should be an effective communicator, comfortable exchanging information in a clear and concise way with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You’ll be responsible for: AI and LLM Testing: Design and execute tests to evaluate LLM-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, consistency, completeness, instruction adherence, and potential failure cases. AI Agent Development: Build, maintain, and improve cost-effective AI-powered testing agents and test harnesses to support software development and delivery. MCP Testing: Test Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools and integrations, validating tool execution, input/output handling, expected behavior, and error scenarios. AI-Driven Automation: Use Claude, ChatGPT, Playwright MCP, and related tools to streamline test creation, execution, analysis, and reporting. Test Strategy and Execution: Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, regression suites, and manual testing checklists. Automation and Regression Testing: Design, execute, and maintain automated tests for web applications, APIs, and end-to-end workflows. Functional and Exploratory Testing: Investigate product behavior, identify edge cases, and uncover functional, usability, integration, and data-related issues. API and Data Validation: Test backend APIs, verify data integrity, work with SQL queries, and validate system integrations and data flows. Defect Management: Reproduce, document, triage, prioritize, and track defects, providing clear evidence and actionable information to development teams. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, product, and other teams to clarify requirements, assess risks, and improve release confidence. Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve QA processes, expand test coverage, reduce repetitive manual work, and introduce practical AI-driven testing solutions. Product Expertise: Develop a deep understanding of the product, its users, and its underlying workflows to ensure testing reflects real-world usage Ideally, you’ll have: A degree in computer science or mathematics, coupled with a minimum of 7 years of experience in a professional QA role. Hands-on experience with AI/LLM testing, including evaluating AI-generated responses, validating expected behavior, and identifying inconsistencies or failure scenarios. Practical experience using AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT to support testing, test generation, debugging, or QA workflow automation. Experience with Playwright and MCP-based automation, including using Playwright MCP or similar approaches to automate and validate application workflows. Experience building or maintaining AI-powered testing agents, test harnesses, or automated evaluation workflows. Strong understanding of manual, exploratory, functional, smoke, sanity, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing. Experience testing web applications and backend APIs, including validating data flows and system integrations. Familiarity with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, or Cypress. Experience with API testing tools such as Postman and a working knowledge of REST APIs and, ideally, GraphQL. Working knowledge of SQL and databases, including the ability to write and execute queries for data verification. Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools such as Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps, or GitHub. Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in cross-functional software development teams. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to investigate complex issues. Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and adapt to evolving requirements and emerging technologies. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. English - Upper-intermediate or higher Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.

Location: Global Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Sora Union changes that. Sora Union is a globally distributed professional services company that specializes in Design, Software Engineering, QA. Our experienced talent comes from communities where there is displacement or risk of displacement due to conflict or climate change. We provide services to global companies and start-ups across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and education. We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer with 5+ years of experience to join our distributed team of creative professionals. Your technical skills, passion for programming, and ability to navigate both front-end and back-end technologies will greatly enhance our team's ability to deliver innovative solutions. We look forward to having you on board! You'll be responsible for: Design, develop, and implement front-end interfaces and backend solutions. Work closely with project managers and other team members to meet project requirements, deadlines, and schedules. Develop robust, scalable software that can handle high volumes of traffic. Collaborate in cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement new features. Participate in code reviews to uphold high-quality code and design standards. Troubleshoot, debug and enhance existing systems. Stay abreast of emerging technologies and propose how to utilize them to improve our products. Ideally, you'll have: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. 5+ years of experience as a Full Stack Developer. Familiarity with both front-end and back-end languages such as Python, HTML/CSS, JavaScript and Typescript. Strong knowledge of web frameworks like React/Nextjs, Vue.js/Nuxt or Svelte/Svelte Kit and server-side frameworks like Node.js or Nestjs. WordPress Experience with REST, GraphQL or TRPC. Proficiency with databases (SQL and NoSQL). Experience with cloud services like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus. Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a collaborative team environment. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Sora Union is committed to creating and fostering a diverse team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants throughout the application process.