AI engineer in hedge funds

Are you a skilled backend focussed Software Engineer with experience of delivering AI systems and transformations? You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on role at a Hedge Fund with complex work and substantial bonus earning potential.

• As a Lead AI Engineer you will collaborate closely with the CTO and tech leadership team to introduce and drive the adoption of AI tools within the business.
• You'll help establish the technical strategy
• you'll be hands-on with implementing change and processes in an impactful role with a lot of influence.
• You'll build and deploy AI applications and agentic workflows across the firm, owning projects end-to-end from identifying opportunities and prototyping through stakeholder engagement, development, deployment and post production support.
• You'll work with both structured and unstructured data, including market and tick data, research, reports, documents and web sourced information.
• Evaluating emerging AI tools and technologies, you'll recommend best practices for wider adoption, while establishing practical standards for AI assisted coding and agentic development.
• Working closely with Compliance and Information Security, you'll help define approaches to data security, governance and responsible AI adoption.
• As an AI advocate across the firm, you'll also educate and support colleagues, helping them understand how AI can enhance their workflows and encouraging practical adoption of new capabilities.

• You have demonstrated experience in applied AI, with experience of working in data science, software engineering, data engineering, or other relevant discipline
• You're a skilled, senior level Software Engineer with strong Python and TypeScript
• You have experience within a financial services, FinTech or Hedge Fund environment, with a good understanding of industry terms
• You have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, you're able to effectively influence and interact with both technical staff and non-technical business stakeholders
• You have achieved a 2.1 or above at BSc in a STEM discipline from a top tier university (i.e. Russel Group, Oxbridge)

• Salary to £220k + Bonus (negotiable package, total comp c£300k)
• Pension
• Self development and career progression opportunities