Shawbrook Bank is seeking an experienced AI Engineering Lead to lead their AI Engineering squad as they scale their in-house artificial intelligence capability across the bank. The role will play a crucial part in embedding scalable, secure, and value-driven AI capabilities across the Bank.
Requirements
- AI/ML Engineering Experience – Significant experience designing, building, and deploying machine learning and AI (specifically agentic generative AI) solutions in production environments
- MLOps & Deployment Frameworks – Experience implementing and maintaining MLOps frameworks and tooling in Azure (preferred) and AWS (beneficial) environments
- Design, develop, and maintain production - grade ML pipelines and services using Python and relevant frameworks (e.g. MLflow, Azure ML, Databricks, FastAPI, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar)
- Data & Platform Engineering – Strong understanding of data engineering principles, including feature engineering, data pipelines, API integration, and working with structured and unstructured datasets in secure, regulated environments
- Leadership Skills – A motivational leader of people with the ability to mentor and guide AI Engineers and Data Scientists
- Architecture & Engineering Standards – Experience defining engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for scalable, secure, and maintainable AI systems
- Responsible AI & Governance – Understanding of model risk management, explainability, bias mitigation, validation, and documentation requirements, particularly within regulated financial services environments
- Process Improvement – The ability to assess and evolve engineering processes, tooling, and delivery models to better suit the changing needs of the team and business
- Agile Delivery – Experience working within agile, cross-functional delivery teams to ensure AI solutions are delivered iteratively, reliably, and aligned to business value
- Relevant academic background in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline
Benefits
- Market leading family friendly policies
- Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
- Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts on gym membership
- Contributory pension scheme & death in service
- Minimum of 25 days holiday per year
- Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
- Discounts on gym membership nationwide
- Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
- Community support and charitable giving
- Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme
