Lead AI Engineer - Hedge Fund
Client Server
Overview
In this Lead AI Engineer role, you partner with the CTO and tech leadership to drive AI adoption across the business. You will be hands-on, building and deploying AI applications and agentic workflows end-to-end. You’ll work with diverse data sources, set practical AI coding standards, and collaborate with Compliance and Security on governance. Your work fuels optimization and transformation of workflows in a high-impact, fast-moving finance environment. This role combines technical leadership with practical implementation and stakeholder engagement.
Pay / Benefits- Salary to 220k + Bonus
- Pension
- Self development and career progression opportunities
- Collaborate with CTO and tech leadership to define AI strategy and adoption
- Build and deploy AI applications and agentic workflows across the firm
- Own projects end-to-end from opportunity identification to deployment and post-production support
- Evaluate emerging AI tools and set practical standards for AI-assisted coding
- Work with Compliance and Information Security on data governance and responsible AI adoption
- Educate and support colleagues to improve AI-enabled workflows
- Senior level Software Engineer with strong Python and TypeScript
- Experience in financial services, FinTech, or Hedge Fund environments
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- 2.1 or above at BSc in a STEM discipline from a top-tier university
- communication
- stakeholder management
- influence
- Python
- TypeScript
- AI/ML
Reference: WJ-747_31208449 · Posted 01 Nov 2026, 12:15 PM