Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Post Trade - Front office / Quant Research

Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Post Trade - Front office / Quant Research Client: Global Financial Location: London Salary: 140k GBP + 20-25% bonus Hybrid: 3 days per week in the office * Do you come from a Quant Research / Analyst / Dev background and are you hungry to develop your AI expertise? * Can you talk Front Office? * The split for this role is approximately 50% AI and 50% Front Office knowledge Our client are a Global Financial located in London who are embarking on their AI journey and embracing it with both hands. We need a Technologist with Front Office knowledge, who has hands-on experience using Agentic and GenAI frameworks, and who can talk macro or derivatives or commodities, as well as having cloud experience. A key part of your role will be to sit with the Analysts and agentify the knowledge / data and applying AI to create tangible info/research. You'll have the opportunity to work on state of the art tech, such as Self-Learning, Agentic AI. We need high energy and an ambitious mind-set as this position can lead onto an Applied AI Lead / Director level position. Previous experience working in Post Trade / Front Office environment is essential, on mission critical systems, would be great, but this is not essential. Must have : * Python systems engineering with experience building APIs (FastAPI/Flask) and deploying on AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, Bedrock, Docker * Experience building generative AI applications (LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI or similar) * Validated production experience with RAG, agent, and MCP-based systems, including AgentOps (CI/CD, monitoring, optimisation) * Applied, pragmatic “builder/hacker” mindset with rapid iteration (idea → POC → production) * Understanding of in Investment Banking / Research workflows and financial data platforms (Bloomberg, FactSet, Refinitiv) * Experience with M365 Copilot / Copilot Studio, plugins, and skills We're looking for the right mind-set, not necessarily some with the most amount of experience, but someone can demonstrate mental agility and their ability to problem solve. We want people who can think outside of the box and bring fresh ideas to the team in a positive and collaborative manner. If you're a Technologist who's moved from a Quant Research position into a more AI focused role, and you're ready for your next move, please send me your cv to matt@hawksworthuk.com or message me on here and we can catchup over a call. I look forward to hearing from you and discussing the role and company in more detail. I can also forward you the full position description :-) #frontoffice #quantresearch #quantanalyst #GenAI #AgenticAI # Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer #cloud #Londonjobs