Senior AI Engineer

Lawrence Harvey Search & Selection; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 15%

Job summary

Lawrence Harvey Search & Selection is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation AI products and services across Finance. The role is hybrid, with twice-weekly travel to Leeds, and offers a salary of £90,000 to £100,000 plus a 15% bonus and excellent benefits.

You will own end-to-end solutions—design, architecture, development, deployment, and optimization—working closely with cross-functional teams to embed agentic AI and LLM-driven workflows into

Qualifications

• Hands-on Python development with production-grade systems.
• Strong background in AI/ML engineering and applied AI.
• Experience delivering agentic AI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of next-gen AI products across Finance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and platform teams to embed AI workflows.
• Own end-to-end delivery from design to deployment and optimization.

Skills

Python development

AI/ML engineering

Agentic AI workflows

LangGraph / LangChain

Knowledge Graphs

LLM API integration

Tools

Neo4j

Job description

Job Description

Senior AI Engineer A high-growth, technology-led scale-up (backed by a global leading organisation) is expanding its engineering capability following a highly successful 2025. As part of significant continued investment, they are hiring a Senior AI Engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation AI products and services across Finance, supporting both internal operations and external platforms. This is an opportunity to work in a modern, cloud-native engineering environment, building intelligent agentic AI systems that can reason, plan and act autonomously. You will take ownership of solutions end-to-end; from design and architecture, through development and deployment, to optimisation and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with engineering, product and platform teams to embed Agentic AI and LLM-driven workflows into real-world products, contributing to architectural decisions, engineering standards and best practices.

Location: Hybrid with twice per week travel to Leeds

Salary: £90,000 to £100,000 + 15% Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Responsibilities

• Strong experience as an AI Engineer / ML Engineer / Software Engineer with applied AI exposure.
• Hands-on Python development experience delivering production-grade systems.
• Practical experience building agentic AI workflows (LangGraph / LangChain or similar frameworks).
• Exposure to Knowledge Graphs (Neo4j / RDF / graph-based enrichment or retrieval).
• Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI or similar), with prompt design and orchestration.