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Data Scientist
London
£70000 - £90000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLondon
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Data Science Engineer
London 2-3 days
Join a newly established R&D function building data-driven and AI-enabled products. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys combining Data Science and Data Engineering to create scalable data solutions with real business impact.
The Company
They are investing heavily in data and AI, with a small multidisciplinary team focused on building analytical products from concept through to production. You’ll work in a collaborative environment with plenty of ownership and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.
The Role
- Build scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks
- Develop machine learning solutions across forecasting, anomaly detection, recommendation systems, and information extraction
- Work with structured, semi-structured, and document-heavy datasets
- Create reusable data assets and analytical products
- Contribute to testing, APIs, CI/CD, and production deployments
- Partner with stakeholders to solve business challenges through data
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong experience across both Data Science and Data Engineering
- Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks
- Advanced Python and SQL skills, with PySpark desirable
- Experience building data pipelines and machine learning models
- Knowledge of NLP, entity resolution, or document processing is advantageous
- Strong communication skills and commercial awareness

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AI Engineer
London
£70000 - £90000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLondon
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AI Engineer
London (Hybrid, 2-3 days onsite)
Join a growing AI team building production-grade GenAI products that deliver real business impact. This is an opportunity to own projects end-to-end, from concept through to deployment, while helping shape the future direction of AI-powered solutions.
The Company
They are a global professional services organisation investing heavily in AI innovation. Their focus is on delivering scalable, customer-facing AI products, with particular emphasis on GenAI, document processing and agentic AI applications. The environment is collaborative, hands-on and product-focused.
The Role
- Build and deploy AI-powered product features into production.
- Develop GenAI and agentic AI applications.
- Create scalable solutions for document and text-processing challenges.
- Contribute to system design, deployment and engineering best practices.
- Work across the full product lifecycle, from proof of concept to release.
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience delivering AI products into production.
- Excellent software engineering foundations, ideally with full stack exposure.
- Strong Python skills.
- Experience with GenAI, agentic frameworks and document-processing use cases.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and CI/CD.
- Ability to demonstrate ownership and measurable project impact.
- TypeScript, Kubernetes, Azure or Node.js experience is advantageous.

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Analytics Engineer
London
£70000 - £80000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Analytics Engineer
Salary: Up to £80,000
London /Hybrid
The Overview
Looking for a role where you can own the full data lifecycle and directly influence business growth? This is an opportunity to join a fast-scaling digital business at a pivotal stage of its expansion, working across analytics engineering, data engineering, BI, and commercial analytics in a highly autonomous environment.
The Company
This growing consumer-focused technology business operates a subscription-based digital platform and is expanding internationally following significant recent success. With a strong product roadmap and new offerings launching across multiple markets, data sits at the heart of strategic decision-making. They are investing heavily in their data capabilities and building a scalable, modern data platform to support future growth. You will work closely with senior leadership in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where your work will have visible impact.
The Role
As an Analytics Engineer, you will work closely with the Head of Data and take ownership of key areas of the data ecosystem.
Responsibilities include:
- Building and maintaining end-to-end data pipelines from multiple source systems.
- Developing scalable data models using SQL, dbt, and BigQuery.
- Creating and managing data ingestion workflows using Python and APIs.
- Designing dashboards, KPI reporting, and self-service analytics solutions in Looker, Data Studio, or similar BI tools.
- Collaborating with engineering, product, marketing, and commercial teams to deliver data-driven solutions.
- Improving data quality, governance, and platform scalability.
- Supporting business growth initiatives through analytics and insight generation.
- Contributing to the development of a modern cloud-based data platform.
Your Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience with SQL and data modelling.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, particularly BigQuery.
- Proven expertise using dbt to build and maintain analytics models.
- Python experience for data ingestion, automation, and pipeline development.
- Experience creating dashboards and reporting solutions using Looker, Data Studio, Metabase, or similar BI tools.
- Familiarity with Git version control and CI/CD principles.
- The ability to work independently and thrive in a scaling, fast-moving environment.
- Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What They Offer
- Salary up to £80,000.
- Equity participation after qualifying period.
- Pension and healthcare-related benefits.
- Hybrid working model with three office days per week.
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
- Significant ownership across data engineering, analytics engineering, BI, and business analytics.
- Opportunity to shape a growing data platform during a major period of international expansion.
- Excellent scope for long-term career development as the business scales
How to Apply
If you’re an Analytics Engineer who enjoys combining technical delivery with commercial impact and wants to help shape a growing data function, apply today to learn more about this opportunity.

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Power BI & Application Developer – AI
London
£70000 - £75000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Power BI & Application Developer (AI)
Up to £75,000
London/Hybrid
The Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Power BI & Application Developer to help shape the next generation of AI-powered analytics products. Sitting at the intersection of business intelligence, application development, and emerging AI technologies, you’ll play a key role in transforming traditional reporting into scalable, client-facing analytics solutions. Based on the role brief, the position combines hands-on development with significant stakeholder engagement and exposure to cutting-edge AI initiatives.
The Company
They are an innovative data and analytics business developing AI-powered solutions that help organisations unlock greater value from their data. Operating in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, they are investing heavily in product innovation and the evolution of analytics offerings. Their focus is shifting from traditional BI reporting towards scalable analytics applications that deliver insights directly to end users. This creates an opportunity to work on highly visible products with real commercial impact.
The Role
You will be responsible for developing and enhancing customer-facing analytics applications while helping to drive the adoption of AI-enabled analytics products.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining client-facing analytics applications and portals.
- Building, optimising, and embedding Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions.
- Creating intuitive visual experiences that transform complex data into actionable insights.
- Integrating AI technologies, LLMs, and agentic workflows into applications.
- Supporting the transition from traditional reporting solutions to productised analytics platforms.
- Working closely with Data Engineering, Data Science, and Architecture teams.
- Delivering executive-level reporting, presentations, demonstrations, and user training.
- Enhancing application performance, usability, and client adoption through continuous improvement.
- Contributing to application deployment, monitoring, and ongoing product development.
Your Skills & Experience
To be successful, you will bring:
- Strong commercial experience developing Power BI solutions, including DAX and advanced dashboard development.
- Solid SQL skills and experience working with complex datasets.
- Application development experience using modern web technologies.
- Exposure to AI technologies, LLM integrations, or AI-enabled products.
- Understanding of agentic AI workflows and orchestration concepts.
- Familiarity with MCPs (Model Context Protocols) or similar integration frameworks.
- Experience building customer-facing analytics applications rather than solely internal reporting solutions.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business value for technical and non-technical audiences.
What They Offer
- Salary of up to £75,000 plus benefits.
- Exposure to cutting-edge AI and analytics product development.
- Opportunity to work across Power BI, application development, and generative AI.
- Significant client interaction and visibility across the business.
- Collaborative environment alongside Data Science, Engineering, and Architecture teams.
- Clear opportunity to influence product direction and shape next-generation analytics solutions.
- Modern London office location with a hybrid working model.
How to Apply
If you’re a Power BI Developer with strong application development skills and an interest in AI, apply today to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

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Senior AI Engineer
London
£75000 - £95000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLondon
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Senior AI Engineer
£75,000 – £95,000
King’s Cross, London (1-2 days a week in office)
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior AI Engineer to play a key role in shaping how AI is embedded across a business. Rather than building standalone proofs of concept, you will develop production-grade AI solutions that directly support core business processes, delivering measurable value at scale.
THE COMPANY
They are a well-established organisation investing heavily in AI and advanced technology. With a focus on innovation, they are building scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency and customer outcomes. Their environment combines strong engineering practices with the opportunity to work on high-impact AI initiatives. You will join a collaborative team where technical expertise and continuous improvement are highly valued.
THE ROLE
As a Senior AI Engineer, you will design and deliver production-ready AI solutions using LLMs and agentic systems, embedding AI into core business processes to drive measurable impact.
Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:
- Design and implement end-to-end AI systems that deliver business impact.
- Build and deploy LLM-powered and agent-based solutions from concept through to production.
- Contribute to technical architecture and engineering best practices.
- Develop reusable components, frameworks, and patterns across multiple AI use cases.
- Make informed decisions on models, tooling, infrastructure, and system design.
- Ensure AI solutions are scalable, observable, secure, and production-ready.
- Support evaluation, monitoring, and governance processes for deployed AI systems.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers contributing to AI projects.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Senior AI Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
- Strong commercial experience delivering production-grade AI systems.
- Expertise in generative AI, large language models, prompting, orchestration, and evaluation.
- Experience designing and implementing complex AI solutions across multiple domains.
- Knowledge of agentic AI systems and multi-step workflows.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, system design, and cloud-native architectures.
- Ability to solve problems in evolving and ambiguous environments.
- Experience influencing engineering standards and contributing to technical excellence.
- Exposure to AI platforms, reusable frameworks, LLMOps, or MLOps is advantageous.
- Experience working within enterprise or regulated environments would be beneficial.
BENEFITS
The successful Senior AI Engineer will receive the following benefits:
- Salary between £75,000 – £95,000 – depending on experience
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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Lead AI Engineer
London
£95000 - £115000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentLondon
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Lead AI Engineer
£95,000 – £115,000
King’s Cross, London (1-2 days a week in office)
This is an opportunity to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of production-grade AI systems that create measurable business impact. You will work on high-value initiatives, building scalable AI solutions that are embedded directly into core business processes rather than standalone prototypes.
THE COMPANY
They are a well-established organisation investing heavily in AI innovation to transform business operations and deliver long-term value. Their focus is on deploying practical, scalable AI solutions that support real workflows and business outcomes. You will join a technology-driven environment where engineering excellence, collaboration, and innovation are highly valued.
THE ROLE
As a Lead AI Engineer, you will
Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:
- Own the technical direction, architecture, and implementation of AI systems end-to-end.
- Design and build LLM-powered and agent-based solutions from concept through to production.
- Establish engineering standards, reusable patterns, and scalable frameworks across AI initiatives.
- Make key decisions on models, tooling, infrastructure, and system design.
- Ensure AI systems are robust, observable, secure, and production-ready through effective evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers working on AI projects.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Lead AI Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
- Strong commercial experience delivering production-grade AI systems from design through deployment.
- Deep expertise in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), orchestration, prompting, and evaluation.
- Experience building agentic or multi-step AI systems.
- Excellent software engineering fundamentals across APIs, system design, and cloud-based architecture.
- Ability to define technical direction and operate effectively in complex or evolving environments.
- Experience influencing engineering standards and best practices across multiple projects.
- Exposure to AI platforms, reusable frameworks, LLMOps/MLOps, or enterprise AI environments would be beneficial.
BENEFITS
The successful Lead AI Engineer will receive the following benefits:
- Salary between £95,000 – £115,000 – depending on experience
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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Senior Product Engineer
London
£115000 - £140000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLondon
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Senior Product Engineer
£115,000 to £140,000 + Equity
Liverpool St., London
This is a rare opportunity to join a well-funded early-stage AI business as one of the first senior engineering hires. You will play a pivotal role in shaping a greenfield AI product, owning technical decisions, influencing the roadmap, and helping build an enterprise-grade platform used by leading organisations.
THE COMPANY
They are an AI startup developing advanced behavioural intelligence technology for enterprise customers. Their platform helps organisations better understand customer behaviours, preferences, and decision-making patterns to improve communications, customer engagement, and product experiences.
Having secured significant early-stage funding, they are now working with major enterprise clients and are focused on scaling their product from proof of concept into wider commercial deployment. With a small, highly experienced team, they offer the opportunity to make a meaningful impact from day one.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Product Engineer, you will take ownership of product development alongside senior leadership, helping transform innovative AI capabilities into a scalable commercial platform.
Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:
- Building and scaling a production-grade AI product from the ground up
- Designing and developing APIs and backend services that power enterprise customer integrations
- Owning the LLM application layer, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows
- Improving model performance, reliability, evaluation frameworks, monitoring, and cost optimisation
- Working across the stack to deliver customer-facing features and platform capabilities
- Collaborating with stakeholders to translate customer feedback into product improvements
- Establishing engineering best practices across architecture, testing, deployment, and delivery
- Contributing to technical strategy and product roadmap decisions
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Senior Product Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
- Strong commercial experience as a Product Software Engineer or Software Engineer
- Experience building and scaling an LLM-enabled product from concept through to production
- Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally within API-first products
- Experience with Node.js and TypeScript, or a proven ability to transition successfully between technology stacks
- Understanding of RAG architectures, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, monitoring, and model optimisation
- Experience managing token usage, infrastructure costs, and scalability challenges in AI products
- Comfortable working autonomously in a startup or high-growth environment
- Strong product mindset with the ability to make technical and commercial decisions
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- React experience is beneficial but not essential
- Experience within Financial Services or other regulated industries would be advantageous
BENEFITS
The successful Senior Product Engineer will receive the following benefits:
- Salary between £115,000 – £140,000 – depending on experience
- Equity
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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Senior Risk Engineer
London
£150000 - £200000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLondon
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Senior Risk Engineer
Up to £200,000
London (4 days a week in office)
This is an opportunity to join a leading global investment management organisation at the forefront of risk technology and quantitative investing. You’ll work directly with investment teams, building innovative risk and decision-support platforms that influence portfolio construction, capital allocation, hedging strategies, and investment performance.
THE COMPANY
They are a highly regarded global investment management firm with a strong focus on technology, data, and quantitative research. Operating across multiple asset classes and complex financial markets, they combine advanced analytics with sophisticated engineering to support investment decision-making. Their collaborative culture encourages innovation, ownership, and continuous learning. As they continue to invest in their Risk Technology capability, they are seeking an experienced Senior Risk Engineer to help shape the future of their platform.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Risk Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and enhancing investment-facing risk technology solutions used by Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, and Quantitative Researchers.
Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:
- Architecting and developing scalable risk technology platforms and services
- Building cross-asset risk analytics covering sensitivities, scenario analysis, VaR, exposure aggregation, margin, and attribution
- Developing APIs, data pipelines, and interactive tools that deliver actionable investment insights
- Translating complex pricing and risk models into production-grade technology solutions
- Partnering closely with investment teams to solve trading, portfolio, and risk management challenges
- Supporting the firm’s Risk Intelligence strategy through the application of advanced analytics and AI technologies
- Ensuring robust engineering standards through testing, monitoring, data governance, and operational resilience
- Contributing to platform strategy, technical design reviews, and engineering best practice
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Senior Risk Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
- Strong commercial experience building production-grade software within financial markets, risk technology, quantitative development, or trading environments
- Advanced programming skills in Python and/or Java, alongside strong SQL capabilities
- Experience developing APIs, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and large-scale data solutions
- Deep understanding of derivatives, pricing models, risk analytics, Greeks, scenario analysis, and VaR methodologies
- Ability to work closely with both technical and investment stakeholders
- Strong software engineering principles including scalability, maintainability, testing, and operational excellence
- Experience investigating risk model outputs and reconciling data, methodology, and implementation discrepancies
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
Desirable experience:
- Machine learning, AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted development
- Cloud platforms, containerisation, CI/CD, streaming technologies, and observability tooling
- Exposure to multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income, credit, commodities, and FX
BENEFITS
The successful Senior Risk Engineer will receive the following benefits:
- Salary up to £200,000 – depending on experience
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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