Trader-Facing AI Engineer, GenAI Platform & Solutions

Options Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Options Group in London seeks a hands-on Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work across commercial and engineering teams, building agentic solutions that solve real workflow problems.

You will embed with traders to understand workflows, translate problems into designs, and develop an internal GenAI platform with new data connectors and tool-calling.

Communicate requirements clearly to stakeholders, demonstrate capabilities, and champion AI best practices across the desk in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, data science, or related field.
• Fluency in Python for applied AI and engineering with clean, documented code.
• Minimum 3 years in software/AI engineering or related hands-on role.
• Experience with GenAI concepts: prompt engineering, RAG, tool-calling, agentic workflows.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to engage with technical/commercial stakeholders.
• Autonomous, fast-paced, self-motivated with curiosity for AI advances.

Responsibilities

• Embed with commercial teams to understand workflows and identify AI opportunities.
• Translate business problems into technical requirements and delivery plans.
• Develop internal GenAI platform with new integrations and domain skills.
• Apply AI techniques to pricing, supply/demand signals, and trade flow analyses.
• Communicate constraints and reusable patterns to AI and platform teams.
• Present capabilities and trade-offs to traders and senior management.
• Champion AI best practices across the desk and team.

Skills

Python

GenAI

Software engineering

LangChain

LlamaIndex

AWS

Communication

Autonomy

AI modelling

Education

Degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, data science, or related field

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

AWS Cloud

Job description

Options Group in London seeks a hands-on Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work across commercial and engineering teams, building agentic solutions that solve real workflow problems.

You will embed with traders to understand workflows, translate problems into designs, and develop an internal GenAI platform with new data connectors and tool-calling.

Communicate requirements clearly to stakeholders, demonstrate capabilities, and champion AI best practices across the desk in a fast-paced environment.