Senior Automation Engineer - London- Global Prime Brokerage & Financing Platform

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in global prime brokerage is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to enhance operational efficiency. This role focuses on designing automation frameworks using Python and AWS, mentoring junior engineers, and integrating complex systems. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience in software engineering and familiarity with regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in professional software engineering, preferably Python.
• Experience designing distributed, event-driven systems in AWS.
• Proven production experience with LLM/GenAI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design agentic automation framework in Python on AWS Bedrock.
• Deploy Jira workflows into microservices and LLM agents.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive coding standards.

Skills

Python

AWS

Jira

Security for SaaS integrations

Observability stacks

Job description

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Senior Automation Engineer - London - Global Prime Brokerage & Financing Platform

Client: Oxford Knight

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: d5e7d1131dc6

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Posted: 29.06.2025

Expiry Date: 13.08.2025

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Design agentic automation framework in Python on AWS Bedrock
• Deploy Jira workflows into microservices and LLM agents
• Own end-to-end delivery of automation solutions across the business, 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, SOC 2, governance
• Hands-on with observability stacks (Grafana, Datadog) and CI/CD pipelines

Desirable

• 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

Whilst we carefully review all applications, due to the high volume of applications we receive, it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact

If you feel you are suitable for this role, drop me an email or give me a call!

Jack Peck

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