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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd
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Machine Learning Engineer | Gen AI | LLM | RAG | Financial | FinTech | Wealth | Python


Gravitas has partnered with a well funded FinTech Start-Up specialising in building Gen AI financial advisory solutions for enterprise businesses.


As theLead Machine Learning Engineerspecialising inGenerative AI, you will be at the helm of cutting-edge AI projects that will fundamentally reshape how financial decisions are made. Your work will directly influence how personalised, real-time financial insights are delivered, enabling smarter, more efficient advisory services and improving the overall customer experience. This is a unique opportunity to lead transformative AI solutions in a fast-growing sector.


Position:Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Salary:£60,000 - £100,000

Benefits:Equity + Benefits package

Location:UK, Remote (occasional travel to London to be on client site)

Sector:FinTech


The day to day:

  • Lead the development of innovativeGenerative AI modelstailored to the wealth management industry.
  • Drive theoptimisation of large language models (LLMs)to extract deeper insights and enhance prediction capabilities for financial applications.
  • Spearhead the implementation ofRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)systems, improving the AI’s performance in specific financial scenarios.
  • Lead initiatives formodel fine-tuning, ensuring generative models perform optimally in real-world financial contexts.
  • Design and build scalableAI pipelinescapable of managing and processing complex financial data.
  • Innovate in the field ofConversational AI, enhancing client-advisor interactions with intelligent, real-time decision-making systems.
  • Develop and deployAI-driven systemscapable of real-time financial data analysis and actionable insights.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, establishing best practices for AI infrastructure within the company.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into the core platform.


Essential skills / experience:

  • 3+ yearsof experience as aMachine Learning Engineer, with a strong track record of impactful AI projects.
  • Expertise inGenerative AI, with at least1 yearof hands-on experience working with generative models.
  • Strong experience withRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)and other cutting-edge AI techniques.
  • Proven success in fine-tuning models for specialized applications, particularly in financial services or data-driven domains.
  • Advanced proficiency inPython
  • Strong experience withMLOps,ML pipelines, and deployment on cloud platforms likeAWS,GCP, orAzure.
  • Solid foundation in software engineering principles, ensuring that code is efficient, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Worked in aproduct basedcompany


Familiarity with theFinTechorwealth managementsectors, and an understanding of the industry's unique challenges and opportunities, but this is not essential


Nest steps / Interview process:

  • We will be meeting with the hiring team on Wednesday 15th January to discuss suitable candidates
  • The interview process consists of 3 stages, Initial call, technical interview and in-person cultural fit


Please apply now to be considered and the relevant consultant will be int touch.

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