Senior AI Engineer Manager/Associate Director | Capital Markets

Senior AI Engineer Manager/Associate Director | Capital Markets

Location: London
Working pattern: Hybrid
Salary: Compensation aligned to experience and seniority
Ref: J13114

Senior AI Engineering professionals are required to support the design, build and delivery of advanced AI solutions within financial services and capital markets environments.

This role would suit an experienced professional with a strong background in AI engineering and enterprise solution delivery within complex environments. You will play a key role in shaping AI strategy, leading teams and delivering enterprise AI solutions, helping organisations solve complex operational, technical and regulatory challenges through AI adoption at scale.

You will work across multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with data scientists, architects, MLOps/LLMOps engineers, business stakeholders and senior leadership to design, deliver and scale AI products, agentic AI solutions and data driven applications.

Key responsibilities:
·Building and deploying AI prototypes, products and production ready solutions
·Designing and implementing end to end AI solutions that integrate with enterprise systems
·Working with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG patterns, embeddings and fine tuning
·Developing AI agents and agentic workflows using modern frameworks
·Working with vector databases, APIs and modern data platforms
·Supporting AI deployment, serving patterns, evaluation frameworks and integration design
·Using Python and SQL to build robust, scalable AI and data solutions
·Working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP or Databricks
·Supporting MLOps, LLMOps, CI/CD and software engineering best practice
·Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across complex programmes
·Helping identify technical, delivery, security, data privacy and regulatory risks
·Contributing to technical documentation, solution design and delivery planning
·Supporting AI implementation and scaling initiatives across complex environments
·Leading and developing teams, supporting capability growth through mentoring, coaching and creating a collaborative, high performing environment

Experience Required:
·Strong Python and SQL experience
·Applied AI engineering, ML engineering or software engineering background
·Experience with LLMs, RAG, embeddings, prompt engineering or fine tuning
·Exposure to LangChain, LangGraph, Agent Development Kit or similar agent frameworks
·Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Chroma or similar
·API development experience, ideally with FastAPI or similar frameworks
·Knowledge of MLOps, LLMOps, CI/CD or production deployment practices
·Experience designing or supporting evaluation frameworks for AI or agentic systems
·Experience working with modern data architectures and cloud platforms
·Understanding of AI risk, governance, security and regulatory considerations
·Financial services experience within capital markets or broader banking environments

This is a strong opportunity for an AI engineering professional who wants to work on high impact AI and data transformation programmes within complex financial services environments.

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