Senior AI Engineer

Durlston Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Durlston Partners LLP in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the AI Engineering team within the asset management space. You’ll design, build and harden AI systems for enterprise use, not prototypes, taking ownership across the full software lifecycle.

You will work on cloud-native architectures, mentor peers, and collaborate with product owners to turn ambiguous AI problems into measurable business outcomes, while upholding strong engineering practices and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Strong cloud-native experience with AWS (or equivalent) and containerised microservices.
• Experience building AI-enabled or agentic systems in production or near-production environments.
• Familiarity with modern AI engineering patterns such as orchestration, RAG, evals, monitoring and guardrails
• Strong system design skills, and experience building APIs, data models and service interfaces
• The ability to explain complex AI concepts clearly to technical and business audiences
• A BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy production-grade AI agents and intelligent systems on cloud-native architecture
• Own significant areas of delivery across the software lifecycle
• Contribute to shared AI capabilities: agent orchestration, tool use, retrieval-based systems, evaluation, observability and guardrails
• Work directly with product owners and business stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes
• Champion strong engineering practices through code and design reviews, automated testing and CI/CD
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers

Skills

Cloud-native

AWS

Microservices

AI/ML systems

System design

API design

Communication

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Looking to build production-grade AI agents at one of the world’s leading asset managers, inside a London-based AI Engineering team set up to take new AI products from idea to enterprise scale. Then this one's for you.

We’re working with a premier global investment firm with more than 85 years of history. They’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer for their innovation lab’s AI Engineering team. You’ll design, build and harden AI systems that are used across the firm, not prototypes that stay on the shelf.

The role

The team works on a Build-Operate-Transfer model. You’ll incubate new AI products, make them production-ready, then hand proven solutions to business-aligned teams to scale. This is a senior, hands-on role with real ownership.

• Design, build and deploy production-grade AI agents and intelligent systems on cloud-native architecture
• Own significant areas of delivery across the software lifecycle
• Contribute to shared AI capabilities: agent orchestration, tool use, retrieval-based systems, evaluation, observability and guardrails
• Work directly with product owners and business stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes
• Champion strong engineering practices through code and design reviews, automated testing and CI/CD
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers

What you’ll bring

• Strong cloud-native experience with AWS (or equivalent) and containerised microservices
• Experience building AI-enabled or agentic systems in production or near-production environments
• Familiarity with modern AI engineering patterns such as orchestration, RAG, evals, monitoring and guardrails
• Strong system design skills, and experience building APIs, data models and service interfaces
• The ability to explain complex AI concepts clearly to technical and business audiences
• A BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

Nice to have: experience building shared platform components, or knowledge of financial markets and asset management.

What’s on offer

A collaborative, values-led culture, real impact across a global firm, and support for your career progression, with competitive pay, benefits and flexibility.