Senior Applied AI Engineer · FinServ Blueprint

Deliverance AI; United States; Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Seed-stage equity

Remote-friendly UK/EU time zones

Job summary

Deliverance AI in London seeks a Senior Applied AI Engineer to design governed AI agents for banking, markets and insurance. The role blends production LLM engineering with financial-domain modelling, compliance-aware workflows and deployment in regulated environments.

You will build agents, orchestration patterns and knowledge packs, translate regulatory expectations into controls and ensure FCA-aligned governance. Equity is provided and remote-friendly arrangements span the UK/EU and beyond.

Qualifications

• Production experience building applied AI or LLM-powered systems.
• Strong software engineering practices for reliable delivery.
• Experience in financial-services environments is preferred.
• Care for compliance, risk, safety and audit requirements.
• Ability to evaluate agent quality systematically, not just by demonstrations.
• Delivery-focused mindset with persistence to finish production work.

Responsibilities

• Build financial-services agents, reusable skills, orchestration patterns and knowledge packs.
• Translate financial-domain regulatory expectations into practical workflow controls.
• Incorporate auditability, risk management and FCA-aware governance into agent behavior.
• Ground agents in reliable financial knowledge and establish evaluation methods.
• Collaborate with forward-deployed teams to release solutions into regulated production.
• Ensure workflows meet expectations of operations, compliance and audit stakeholders.

Skills

Applied AI

Software engineering

Financial services

Compliance & audit

Evaluation of agent quality

Delivery mindset

Job description

Role overview

As a Senior Applied AI Engineer focused on financial services, you will create the domain blueprint for governed AI agents used across banking, markets and insurance. The work combines production LLM engineering with financial-domain modelling, compliance-aware workflow design and deployment into regulated environments. This is a full-time role based in London with remote flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Build financial-services agents, reusable skills, orchestration patterns and knowledge packs.
• Translate financial-domain expertise and regulatory expectations into practical workflow controls.
• Incorporate auditability, risk management and FCA-aware governance into agent behaviour.
• Ground agents in reliable financial knowledge and establish rigorous evaluation methods.
• Work with forward-deployed engineering teams to release solutions into regulated production settings.
• Help ensure delivered workflows meet the expectations of operational, compliance and audit stakeholders.

Requirements

• Production experience developing applied AI or LLM-powered systems.
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices for reliable, maintainable delivery.
• Exposure to financial-services environments is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated care for compliance, risk, safety and audit requirements.
• Ability to evaluate agent quality systematically rather than relying on demonstrations alone.
• A practical, delivery-focused mindset and the persistence to finish production work.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time position with London listed as the primary location and remote work available.
• Remote-friendly arrangements across the UK, EU and selected global time zones.
• Seed-stage equity allocation for each hire.
• Cash compensation benchmarked against leading London and remote-market roles.