Senior AI Engineer

Man Group; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive holiday entitlements

Pension plan

Life and long-term disability coverage

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Community volunteering days

Job summary

A leading investment management firm in London seeks a Senior AI Engineer to design and enhance AI solutions using generative techniques. This role offers opportunities to influence technology in finance and requires strong programming skills in Python, along with a solid understanding of financial instruments. The firm champions equality and offers a comprehensive benefits package alongside flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Strong academic record and keen analytical approach to problem solving.
• Craftsman-like software building approach and pride in engineering excellence.
• Ability to manage time across multiple projects and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain firm's core AI and Machine Learning platform.
• Design, build, and deploy bespoke AI/ML applications.
• Manage lifecycle of domain-specific models, including deployment and monitoring.

Skills

Enthusiasm for AI engineering and Machine Learning

Excellent software engineering skills with Python

Understanding of financial markets and instruments

Mathematical knowledge e.g., statistics

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics

Job description

Overview

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About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $172.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com.

The Team

We are looking for an AI engineer to help us build solutions that utilise the latest GenAI and Machine Learning techniques and capabilities. This role will allow you to work at the intersection of technology, generative AI and finance, helping to deliver high-impact, novel solutions that touch every part of our business.

Working within our Machine Learning Technology team, you will help to build out the core AI platform and infrastructure used across Man Group. Alongside this, you will also partner and consult with teams across the business to help create agents and tools that augment, automate and ultimately transform our investment and operational workflows.

At Man Group, our ambitions for AI are significant. We have a long history of pioneering technology in finance, and this role presents a fantastic opportunity to join us as we work towards leveraging scalable intelligence to fundamentally change how we identify and execute on investment opportunities.

Role Responsibilities

• Engineer, enhance, and maintain the firm's core AI and Machine Learning platform


• Partner with stakeholders in research, trading, technology, and operations to design, build, and deploy bespoke AI/ML applications and agents


• Manage the full lifecycle of domain-specific models, including training, fine-tuning, validation, deployment, and monitoring in production environments


• Keep up to date with the latest in the field of applied AI to identify and propose novel solutions capable of driving our business forward


• Proactively engage with teams across the business to promote understanding and adoption of AI tools and capabilities

Key Competencies

Essential

• Demonstrable enthusiasm for AI engineering and Machine Learning


• Excellent software engineering skills with a strong knowledge of Python


• A keen interest and understanding of financial markets and instruments


• Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, optimisation algorithms, linear algebra.

Advantageous

• Experience using GenAI to build agentic, knowledge processing, or automated coding tools


• Experience training or fine-tuning generative models


• Experience building tools and technologies within systematic or discretionary investing units

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university


• Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others


• Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement


• Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving


• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities


• Excellent interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with traders, quantitative researchers, and senior business people alike


• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance And Benefits At Man Group

You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.

You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [e-mail].