Senior Forward-Deployed Data Scientist, Production AI Lead

2599 Barclays Services LLC; United States; On-site; USD 235,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays seeks a Principal Forward Deployed Data Scientist to lead the end-to-end development of production AI applications for internal and external customers. You will shepherd projects from concept through production, balancing speed with reliability in a regulated environment.

You will own the full lifecycle of agentic AI systems, including design, orchestration of agents, tool calls, and safety controls, while collaborating with business stakeholders to translate goals into working AI

Qualifications

• Built AI/LLM production systems, not just prototypes.
• Move ideas from prototype to production with hardened, scalable systems.
• Delivery of production software in regulated environments with governance.

Responsibilities

• Take ideas from prototype to production and deploy production-grade AI systems.
• Design, implement, deploy, and evolve autonomous AI systems with tool-use and agent coordination.
• Ensure safety, governance, and compliance in automated AI delivery.

Skills

Agentic AI

Software engineering fundamentals

Communication

Forward-deployed mindset

AI authentication

Tools

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Tool calling

Job description

Barclays seeks a Principal Forward Deployed Data Scientist to lead the end-to-end development of production AI applications for internal and external customers. You will shepherd projects from concept through production, balancing speed with reliability in a regulated environment.

You will own the full lifecycle of agentic AI systems, including design, orchestration of agents, tool calls, and safety controls, while collaborating with business stakeholders to translate goals into working AI