Lead Engineer- Financial Services

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Lead Engineer- Financial Services

A major global financial services organisation is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive the development of cutting-edge Generative AI applications used at scale across the business.
This is a high-impact role where youll lead one of the organisations GenAI feature teams, delivering production-grade AI solutions that enhance operational efficiency for thousands of internal users.
About The Role: You will design, build and enhance scalable software solutions that deliver enterprise-grade technology capabilities. Working closely with product, architecture and business stakeholders, you will guide engineering standards, influence strategy, and ensure secure, high-quality delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading the design and delivery of robust, scalable software using modern engineering frameworks and tools

Building and deploying AI-driven applications into production environments

Acting as the technical authority within the GenAI domain

Collaborating cross-functionally to define requirements and solution approaches

Driving best practice in code quality, testing, secure development and performance optimisation

Mentoring and developing engineers, fostering a high-performance culture

Managing risk, governance and controls within a regulated environment

Contributing to broader engineering strategy and innovation communities

What Theyre Looking For: Strong Python development background

Hands-on experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs)

Experience with AWS services such as Bedrock, Lambda, S3, Lex and CloudWatch

LLM evaluation and prompt engineering / optimisation

Experience leading or mentoring engineers

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders

What's In It For You?
Competitive base salary and benefits package

Opportunity to shape enterprise-wide Generative AI capability

Work on large-scale, production AI systems

Hybrid working model

Strong career progression opportunities within a major technology function

Ok I'm In What's Next?
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Location:
Brent
Salary:
£90,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Science;Engineering

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