Senior AI Engineer Financial Services - SGI

AI Senior Engineer — Financial Services (Public Markets/Investors)
Inside IR35 Contract role

The requirement is essentially for a Senior Engineer with strong AI capability, who can use AI both to build tooling and to think strategically about how AI/LLMs can be embedded into the architecture and critical business processes.
The key question is not simply “Can they use AI?” but:

• How can AI be used to improve engineering productivity and build internal tooling?
• How should AI/ML models be incorporated into the architecture?
• How do you safely run critical business processes using these technologies?
• How do you translate AI capability into tangible business value?

Financial services experience and/or regulatory experience would be highly desirable.

Process / engagement

• The initial requirement is contract, but we are open to candidates who could potentially move into a permanent role — effectively a “try before you buy” approach.
• Day rate: approximately £800-900 per day with flexibility for the right person.
• The expectation is three days a week in the office, with Monday and Friday specifically being office days.
• This is a genuinely office-based team. A lot of the work involves whiteboarding, architecture discussions and close collaboration, so candidates need to be comfortable being in more than they are out.

Business / team environment
The business is focused heavily on public markets and investors. The engineering function is expected to be closely aligned to the business, with a strong emphasis on commercial and business value, rather than technology for technology's sake.

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