Senior Automation Engineer – London

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to design automation frameworks, integrate GenAI solutions, and mentor junior staff. This role involves deep technical expertise in AWS and Python, crucial for advancing business automation in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in software engineering, with 3 years in AWS.
• Experience integrating LLM/GenAI solutions.
• Deep knowledge of security practices for SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Design automation framework in Python on AWS.
• Own delivery of automation solutions for various business operations.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure coding standards.

Skills

Python

AWS

LLM/GenAI solutions

Jira data model

Security for SaaS integrations

CI/CD pipelines

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Senior Automation Engineer – London, London

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Client:

Oxford Knight

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Exciting opportunity at one of the fastest growing financial services firms around the world. They offer prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital assets, and are now looking to hire world-class software engineers to help build on their success.

Responsibilities

• Design agentic automation framework in Python on AWS Bedrock
• Decompose Jira workflows into microservices and LLM agents
• Own end-to-end delivery of automation solutions across the business, e.g. Operations, Compliance, Risk
• Build secure, high-performance integrations with core internal systems
• Develop prompt strategies, retrieval augmentation, and guard-rail policies for Bedrock models
• Measure and tune agent output quality, latency, and cost
• Mentor junior engineers; drive coding standards, code reviews, CI/CD hygiene

Skills & Experience Required

• 8+ years’ experience of professional software engineering (Python preferred) with at least 3 years’ designing distributed, event-driven systems in AWS
• Proven production experience integrating or fine-tuning LLM/GenAI solutions (OpenAI, Bedrock, or similar)
• Deep knowledge of Jira data model, webhooks, and REST/GraphQL APIs
• Strong grasp of security for SaaS integrations: OAuth, secret rotation, data-in-transit/at-rest encryption
• Familiarity with financial or regulated environments and related control frameworks, e.g. SOC 2, model governance
• Hands-on with observability stacks (Grafana, Datadog) and CI/CD pipelines
• Prior work on KYC / AML automation, sanctions screening, or client onboarding flows
• Experience with event sourcing, domain-driven design, or service-based architecture
• Familiarity with LangChain, Haystack, or other agent frameworks; Infrastructure-as-Code (CDK / Terraform) and/or container orchestration with Kubernetes

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