Senior Field-Deployed AI Engineer

barclays; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Whippany, NJ invites a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer to redefine Investment Banking Research with AI. Design and deploy production-grade AI solutions, collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver high-impact analytics and robust governance.

You will work with Python, FastAPI/Flask, LangChain, and cloud services to scale AI across the business while ensuring risk controls and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong Python engineering with production-grade APIs (FastAPI/Flask).
• Experience architecting agentic AI apps (LangChain/CrewAI/AutoGen).
• Deep know-how in RAG, vector DBs, semantic search and retrieval optimization.
• Familiarity with AWS services (ECS/EKS/Lambda) and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Design analytics and modelling solutions for complex business problems.
• Collaborate with technology to specify data, environments, and tools.
• Develop well-tested analytics and modelling solutions and document them.
• Operationalise analytics and models in production software.
• Provide ongoing support for analytics effectiveness and risk controls.
• Demonstrate conformance to Barclays risk and control policies.

Skills

Python engineering

Production-grade API development

Agentic AI applications

RAG solutions

Vector databases

Semantic search

Retriever optimization

Tool calling

Agent orchestration

AWS cloud deployment

CI/CD & monitoring

Stakeholder engagement

Investment Banking Research knowledge

M365 Copilot / AI platforms

Rapid iteration / business impact

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

LangChain

CrewAI

AutoGen

Docker

AWS (ECS/EKS)

Bedrock

Lambda

Vector databases

Semantic search platforms

Job description

Barclays in Whippany, NJ invites a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer to redefine Investment Banking Research with AI. Design and deploy production-grade AI solutions, collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver high-impact analytics and robust governance.

You will work with Python, FastAPI/Flask, LangChain, and cloud services to scale AI across the business while ensuring risk controls and operational excellence.