Posted on 2026/05/29
Lead AI Engineer Python LLM - Tech Consultancy
Client Server
London, United Kingdom
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Client Server / Lead AI Engineer Python LLM - Tech Consultancy / Client Server · London, United Kingdom · via LinkedIn / 1 day ago / Full-time
Description
Lead AI Engineer (Python LLM MLOps) London / WFH to £125k
Are you an experienced Software Engineer with a strong knowledge of AI, LLMs and agentic coding
You could be progressing your career at a global finance technology consultancy, working with clients including global Investment Banks and financial services organisations.
What's In It For You
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Salary to £125k
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Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection
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Private medical care for you and your family, including mental health
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Travel Insurance
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Charitable giving
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Gym membership for you and your family
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Flexible holiday scheme
Your Role
As a Lead AI Engineer you will architect AI solutions, embed them within enterprise environments and drive impactful outcomes through advanced engineering, scalable pipelines and deep cross-functional collaboration.
This is a highly technical role where you'll be leading client projects, productionising systems and running multi-modal LLMs, using your expertise to build and deploy cutting-edge generative AI and agentic systems across the financial services sector.
About You
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You have hands-on experience deploying LLMs and multi-modal models at scale in production
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You have a strong understanding of scalable MLOps, observability and cloud-native AI deployment
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You have strong Python coding skills and API development skills
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You're collaborative and pragmatic with advanced stakeholder communication, problem-solving and project management skills in Agile environments
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You have achieved a 2.1 or above bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI or related STEM disciplines
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Experience with any of the following is advantageous: agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex), deep learning frameworks, Langfuse, Langsmith, MCP (Model Context Protocol), bias mitigation techniques

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