Lead Engineer- Financial Services

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.

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

• 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

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