Artificial Intelligence Engineer in Manchester

Manchester, hybrid (60% office presence per year after onboarding period)

About RedCompass Labs: RedCompass Labs are payments experts focused exclusively on payments modernization. Over the last 23 years, RedCompass Labs has delivered 500+ projects across the world’s major payments schemes and platforms, including ISO 20022, SEPA, Swift, the Real-time Payments Network, and FedNow, ISO 20022 migrations, and FIS OPF, Finastra GPP, and ACI Worldwide. Its flagship Payments Expert Agent is an AI solution purpose-built for the full payments modernization software development lifecycle. Trained on decades of deep payments expertise and more than 30,000 curated documents, the agent is certified to SOC 2 Type II. RedCompass Labs supports clients from offices in London, Warsaw, Brussels, Miami, Boston, Toronto, and Pune.

Mission: Imagine reducing a 14-day financial analysis task to just 2 hours. At RedCompass Labs, we don't just imagine— we've built it. We're transforming the trillion-dollar payments industry through intelligent automation. At the heart of our mission is AnalystAccelerator.ai, our proprietary multi-agent AI platform built to accelerate complex analysis in global banking and compliance.

As an AI Engineer, you would:

• Take proven concepts from research and turn them into production-grade, client-facing AI solutions.
• Design, build, and scale sophisticated multi-agent workflows that automate complex financial analysis.
• Engineer robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging financial rulebooks, regulatory documentation, and client knowledge bases.
• Develop secure, scalable backend services and APIs (primarily Python/FastAPI) deployed in Azure cloud environments.
• Implement and enhance MLOps and DevOps practices, using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps pipelines, Docker containers, and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, domain experts, and UX designers, converting complex business requirements into clear, impactful features.

Candidate Profile: We’re seeking product‑centric engineers who thrive on complex challenges, rapidly acquiring new technical skills, and delivering impactful AI solutions.

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with proven expertise developing and deploying production‑grade systems.
• Experience in modern AI, agentic software development, and use of LLMs.
• Strong proficiency in either Python/Typescript.
• Understanding in embedding models, retrieval‑based AI architectures (RAG), and vector databases.
• Familiarity with cloud‑native software development, containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Commitment to learning and leveraging new technologies and AI tools rapidly and effectively.
• A ‘t‑shaped’ engineering mindset, and a willingness to stretch into tasks such as automation testing, devops, data engineering when the work needs it.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Previous experience with multi‑agent systems or complex workflow automation.
• Background in fintech, banking, payments, or compliance industries.
• Experience with high‑performance API frameworks (FastAPI).
• Core AI & LLMs: Python, LLM frameworks such as Autogen, LangChain, Pydantic‑AI, etc.
• Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and MCP servers.
• Front‑end: TypeScript and React.

What We Offer:

• Work on high‑impact financial technology projects that shape the future of payments and AI‑driven innovation.
• Join a trust‑based, transparent, and collaborative culture where your voice matters and ideas influence outcomes.
• Enjoy real ownership and autonomy in how you approach challenges, deliver work, and grow your expertise.
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive global team across Canada, the UK, Europe, and Asia, where fairness and meritocracy guide every decision.
• Collaborate daily with senior industry experts and leaders, accelerating your professional development.
• Experience a human, respectful, and well‑structured recruitment and onboarding journey designed around clarity and mutual fit.
• Grow through continuous learning, cross‑functional work, and exposure to both consulting and product‑building environments.
• Join a company that values integrity, curiosity, and continuous improvement, and empowers you to make meaningful impact from day one.

Benefits:

• Up to 10% of annual earnings as a personal performance bonus.
• Life insurance.
• Group Income Protection.
• Health Insurance for you and your family.
• Dental Insurance for you and your family.
• Pension: the pension is currently 4% employer and 4% employee. You also have the option to increase your contributions to your private pension, if you wish.
• 28 days annual holiday plus Public & Bank holidays.

RedCompass Labs is committed to promoting and supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace, ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all. This fuels innovation and enables us to work better together with each other and for our clients.