Artificial Intelligence Engineer

AI Engineer (Backend & Data Intensive)

Location: London (5 days a week onsite)

Salary: £120,000 – £180,000 + Equity

Experience: 3–6 years

About the Compan

yWe are a high-growth, data-heavy financial services firm currently valued at £170 million—a figure we strongly believe underrepresents our true market trajectory. While our competitors stall, we are scaling organically through superior engineering and robust infrastructure. At our core, we process massive volumes of data to power complex backend systems. We don’t care about pedigree, credentials, or what university you attended; we care about raw engineering talent, sharp problem-solving, and the ability to build world-class structures from scratch

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The Ro

leWe are looking for a mid-to-senior AI Engineer who sits firmly at the intersection of robust backend engineering, artificial intelligence, and scalable data pipelines. This is not a research position or a prompt-engineering role; you will be writing clean, production-grade code, building heavy backend data-driven systems, and embedding AI directly into the core engine of our platfor

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Key Responsibilit

• iesDesign, build, and maintain highly scalable backend architectures capable of heavy, high-throughput data processi
• ng.Integrate and optimise AI models and machine learning pipelines directly into core infrastructure to solve complex financial services proble
• ms.Construct robust data engineering pipelines to ensure seamless data flow, storage, and processing across backend syste
• ms.Focus heavily on engineering structure, writing clean, maintainable, and highly efficient code that meets rigorous performance standar
• ds.Collaborate closely with the wider engineering team to continuously refine system design and architecture as we sca

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What We Are Looking

• For3–6 years of core engineering experience with a strong, hands-on background in backend development and AI syst
• ems.Exceptional software engineering fundamentals—you prioritise clean code, optimisation, and building for long-term structural integr
• ity.Proven experience working within data-heavy environments, handling large-scale data processing pipelines and backend data-driven syst
• ems.A strong grasp of modern AI frameworks and libraries, with the practical engineering skills required to deploy them effectively into product
• ion.A practical, problem-solving mindset. We value what you can build and how you think over formal qualifications or university na
• mes.Ability to work collaboratively and at pace in a fast-moving, 5 days a week onsite environ