At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions in a dynamic financial environment.
- Company: Join a global financial markets organisation expanding its AI capabilities.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and the chance to influence AI applications.
- Other info: Be part of a growing team with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by building AI solutions that drive business success.
- Qualifications: Strong software engineering background with hands-on AI experience required.
The predicted salary is between 65250 - 79750 £ per year.
Lead AI Engineer - Generative AI / Agentic AI
Location
London - Hybrid (3 days per week in office, 2 remote)
The Opportunity
We are partnering with a global financial markets organisation that is expanding its AI capability and looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join a newly established team.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building production-grade AI solutions directly alongside Front Office users .
You will work closely with revenue-generating teams to understand their workflows, identify opportunities for AI and turn those ideas into scalable solutions with measurable business impact.
Rather than operating within a traditional central AI function, you'll be close to the end users – taking solutions from initial idea through architecture, development, production and adoption.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and deploy
Generative AI and agentic AI solutions into production.
- Work directly with Front Office users to identify high-value AI opportunities.
- Translate complex commercial problems into robust technical solutions.
- Build reusable AI frameworks, components and capabilities.
- Develop solutions across workflows including research, pricing, execution, booking and post-trade.
- Ensure solutions meet appropriate security, compliance, model risk and governance standards.
- Support AI solutions once deployed into production.
- Work closely with Product, Technology and senior business stakeholders.
- Contribute to the technical direction of a growing AI engineering capability.
What We're Looking For
- Strong production software engineering background with experience building scalable, robust systems.
- Hands-on experience with
LLMs, Generative AI and modern AI/ML frameworks .
- Experience designing and delivering AI solutions beyond the prototype/POC stage.
- Strong ability to translate business problems into production technology.
- Experience working directly with
Front Office, revenue-generating or client-facing users .
- Comfortable operating within a regulated environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- AWS, particularly
Bedrock and serverless technologies.
- React / modern frontend development.
- APIs and microservices.
- OAuth / Okta.
- Shared AI component or capability libraries.
- Financial markets / trading technology experience.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join an AI function at an early stage and have genuine influence over how AI is applied across a major global financial markets business.
You'll remain hands-on technically , work directly with the people using the technology and build AI solutions where success is measured by real adoption and commercial impact - not simply experimentation.
If you're an experienced AI Engineer looking to build and ship meaningful AI products in a complex, commercially focused environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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Lead AI Engineer employer: EC1 Partners
Join a forward-thinking global financial markets organisation that prioritises innovation and employee growth. With a hybrid work model in London, you'll enjoy a collaborative culture that values hands-on contributions and direct engagement with end users, allowing you to make a tangible impact on AI solutions. Benefit from opportunities to develop your skills in a dynamic environment while working alongside revenue-generating teams to drive meaningful change in the industry.
