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Software Engineer / Developer (Python GenAI LLM RAG) London
12 month FTC to £180k
Are you a Senior Software Engineer with a strong knowledge of the capabilities of GenAI?
You could be progressing your career in a hands-on role at a tech driven, global Asset Manager with multiple billions of dollars under management, on a 12 month Fixed term Contract.
About the Role
As a Software Engineer you'll join the Investment Technology Research team and work closely with Investment Analysts on a mix of prototyping, evaluation and engineering. The work is interesting and complex, spanning Python development, RAG and retrieval workflows, MCP and tool integrations, model evaluation and the engineering needed to turn promising ideas into reliable internal tools.
You'll be at the intersection of platform engineering, data engineering and developer experience, with a strong emphasis on enabling others. You will work directly with stakeholders and users to identify opportunities, troubleshoot issues and deliver platform capabilities that improve the quality, speed and reliability of analytical functions.
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There's a hybrid work from home policy with three days in the London office per week where you'll join a supportive, diverse team environment with a large range of facilities.
About You
- Experience within an Investment Management or financial services environment with Front Office experience
- Advanced skills with Python
- Experience of building applications using LLMs or other modern GenAI techniques
- Experience with RAG systems, retrieval design and grounding model outputs
- Experience of integrating tools, APIs, LLM SDKs and MCP-style capabilities into GenAI workflows
- Experience designing or running evaluations for GenAI systems, including working with users to assess output quality
- Experience using agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar
- Strong problem-solving skills, pragmatism and sound judgement around the strengths and limits of LLM-based systems
- Experience of working with stakeholders and users to understand problems and build effective solutions
- Achievement of a 2.1 or above from a top tier university in a STEM discipline
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What's in it for you
- Salary to £180k
- Pension
- Private medical insurance including 24 hour GP access
- Enhanced parental leave policy
- 25 days annual leave
- Ongoing training and development and financial support for courses
Apply now to find out more about this Software Engineer / Developer (Python GenAI LLM RAG) opportunity.
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