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Lead AI / ML Engineer
Lead AI/ML Engineer – London – £145,000 Base Salary
Want to join a fintech scale-up where ML isn’t a side project—it’s the core of the product?
They’re growing their ML team, and this is your chance to shape it from the front.
About the Role
This is a hands-on, technical leadership role—not focused on people management. You’ll:
- Lead by example
- Drive development practices and technical direction
- Own the entire end-to-end lifecycle of ML systems, from Gen AI features to the data pipelines behind them
This is not a research role—you’ll ship ML products to production, systems that institutional investors rely on daily.
We’re looking for experienced software developers specialising in ML who bring:
- Real-world agentic experience
- A strong development background
- Robust engineering fundamentals, refreshed for today’s ML challenges
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Responsibilities
- Build and implement Gen AI features that meet business needs
- Develop AI systems at scale, from prototype to production
- Drive consistent development processes through hands-on execution
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead strategic ML initiatives
- Ensure high performance in LLM-driven applications and multi-agent workflows
Requirements
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Experience building MCP connectors from scratch
- Hands-on expertise with multi-agent models and workflows
- Proven ability to deploy AI/ML solutions at enterprise scale
Nice-to-have (will make you stand out):
- Deep-rooted software engineering background
- Strong track record in implementing agile/DevOps practices for large-scale tech implementations
- Experience designing and embedding agentic systems that leverage LLMs within automated workflows
- Hands-on development of chat-type applications and chatbots
- Python proficiency
- AWS expertise
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Benefits
- £145,000 base salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible, hybrid working from central London
- Opportunities to build a sustainable, industry-leading AI/ML team
- Meaningful, high-impact work at the intersection of finance and emerging technology
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