Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong.

We've built a dedicated AI & Innovation Lab to drive real change across the organisation, developing and delivering AI solutions that transform how we work. The Senior Forward Deployed (AI) Engineer is a high-autonomy, high-impact role at the intersection of delivery and core platform development. You will embed directly with TP ICAP’s business divisions to lead end-to-end deployments of AI solutions, owning discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout.

You will partner directly with domain teams to identify high-value AI opportunities, architect solutions tailored to real business problems and drive adoption from first prototype to stable production. Equally, you will serve as a critical feedback channel to TP ICAP’s central AI platform team, sharing field insights that shape product direction and model improvement. The role offers a unique opportunity to lead critical projects, shape engineering culture, and accelerate your career growth in the rapidly evolving field of generative AI.

Role Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of AI deployments within your assigned business division.
• Ensure solutions are technically sound, aligned to business outcomes, and delivered with the urgency and quality expected of a forward-deployed team.
• Embed directly with business stakeholders to understand their most pressing challenges.
• Translate complex domain requirements into well-defined technical solutions, operating as a trusted engineering partner.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and outcomes clearly to leadership.
• Architect, build, and deploy cutting-edge AI applications powered by large language models and generative AI.
• Write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and strict data stewardship.
• Co-develop and enhance TP ICAP’s shared AI service platform in collaboration with the central AI & Innovation Lab.
• Drive adoption of deployed solutions by measuring success through production usage, measurable workflow impact and evaluation-driven feedback.
• Present outcomes and strategic recommendations to leadership, demonstrating tangible business value.

Experience & Competences

• Essential: Expertise in Generative AI, Machine Learning and large language models.
• Hands on experience across prompt engineering, agent development and evaluation frameworks.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python AI/ML frameworks with the ability to write and review production-grade code across the full stack.
• A proven track record architecting and designing scalable solutions that move from prototype to production.
• Experience managing technical priorities within an Agile environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Desired:

• AWS experience including AI services such as Bedrock and the Serverless ecosystem.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies, particularly with React.
• Expertise in back-end development, with experience in building and deploying scalable APIs and microservices.
• Knowledge of OAuth (Okta) for implementing secure, scalable authentication and authorisation mechanisms.

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute.

Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter. You’ll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We’ll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field.