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Lead AI Engineer
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Lead AI Engineer
Paying up to £130,000
Hybrid working – Central London (2-3 days per week)
Leading FinTech Organisation
I'm partnering with a market-leading fintech business to hire a Lead AI Engineer into a high-impact AI Engineering team. This is an opportunity to lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI systems that are embedded into core business operations, helping shape how AI is adopted across the organisation.
If you're passionate about LLMs, AI agents and building enterprise-scale AI solutions, this is a chance to own the technical direction and deliver AI products that create genuine business value.
The Business
- Leading fintech organisation with AI at the heart of its technology strategy.
- Significant investment into Generative AI, Machine Learning and cloud technologies.
- Collaborative engineering culture with a strong focus on innovation and technical excellence.
- Opportunity to influence AI strategy and shape the future of enterprise AI delivery.
- Modern technology environment with ambitious plans for AI adoption.
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The Role
- Own the end-to-end architecture, design and delivery of enterprise AI systems.
- Build production-grade applications using LLMs and AI agents.
- Lead AI projects from concept through to deployment and adoption.
- Define engineering standards, reusable frameworks and best practices for AI development.
- Make key technical decisions across models, tooling, infrastructure and system design.
- Ensure AI solutions are scalable, secure, observable and production-ready.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers across AI initiatives.
What They're Looking For
- Proven experience delivering production AI systems from design through to deployment.
- Strong expertise with Generative AI, LLMs and agentic AI architectures.
- Excellent software engineering skills across APIs, cloud platforms and distributed systems.
- Experience making architectural decisions and driving technical direction.
- Ability to influence engineering standards across multiple teams.
- Experience with AI platforms, LLMOps or MLOps would be highly beneficial.
- Background delivering AI solutions within enterprise or regulated environments is desirable.
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This is an outstanding opportunity to join a business making significant investment in AI, where you'll play a pivotal role in defining technical strategy, building enterprise-scale AI solutions and driving innovation across the organisation.
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