Senior AI Platform Engineer at Funding Circle | London | Rezi

Senior AI Platform Engineer at Funding Circle

Senior AI Platform Engineer

Funding Circle · London

3 weeks ago

Senior AI Platform Engineer

Funding Circle · London

22 days ago
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About the Role

Join our AI and Machine Learning team in a pivotal role building the platform that underpins Funding Circle's AI strategy and enables scaling of GenAI applications. This is a senior, hands-on technical role focused on enabling the development, deployment, and management of AI applications and agents across the business.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure for hosting and serving AI (ML and GenAI) models and applications.
  • Develop and design tooling and frameworks to standardize AI development.
  • Implement systems for central discovery, monitoring, and governance of AI agents.
  • Contribute to the technical evaluation and integration of third-party AI tools.
  • Work closely with stakeholders (Product, Data Science, Engineering, Security, Legal) to ensure the platform meets business needs.
  • Embed Funding Circle's Responsible AI framework into the platform's design and operation.
  • Act as a subject matter expert on AI platforms and infrastructure.
  • Establish best practices and share knowledge.
  • Potentially mentor other engineers.
  • Stay current with the latest AI/ML technologies.

Requirements

  • Experience as an engineer within the AI space is preferred.
  • Suitable for Senior and Lead engineers with experience and skills in product engineering, data engineering, or cloud platform engineering looking to deepen AI expertise.
  • Understanding and hands-on experience with LLM based applications and related technologies (e.g. RAG, vector databases, agent frameworks).
  • Experience managing and deploying AI Agent and Knowledge Management systems is a plus (e.g Glean, Gemini Enterprise, Amazon Quick, Writer, Sana etc.).
  • Proven ability to design, build, and operate scalable, secure systems on cloud platforms, using Infrastructure as Code, containerisation, serverless, data storage.
  • Excellent ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to manage stakeholders.
  • Ability to clearly explain complex technical ideas.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Practical, results-oriented approach.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity.
  • Ability to take ownership and drive initiatives forward autonomously.
  • Experience in the design and implementation of full-stack applications is a strong advantage.
  • Strong programming skills is a strong advantage.

Skills

  • AI
  • Machine Learning
  • GenAI
  • LLM
  • RAG
  • Vector databases
  • Agent frameworks
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Containerisation
  • Serverless
  • Data storage
  • Product engineering
  • Data engineering
  • Cloud platform engineering
  • Full-stack applications
  • Programming

Location

  • London

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • 2 days in the office

Experience Level

  • Senior
  • Lead

Salary/Compensations

  • Competitive Salary

Benefits

  • Benefit allowance tailored to individual needs
  • Private medical and dental
  • Health assessments
  • Access to a digital GP
  • Life assurance
  • Share schemes
  • Financial coaching
  • Dedicated annual learning allowance
  • Electric car scheme
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Season ticket loans
  • Award-winning parental leave policies
  • Support for fertility treatments
  • Subsidised Just Eat lunches

About the Company

  • We’re on a mission to back the UK’s small businesses like no one else.
  • Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win.
  • We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.
  • At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company.
  • It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.
  • We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up.
  • We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs - because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better.
  • Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy.
  • Data is core to our mission to build a better financial world as well as being our key asset that everyone across the organisation has a part to play in making sure that we look after it, allowing us to better support our customers.
  • Our central data team lives in our Tech org and reports to the VP of Data.
  • In order to strengthen our data maturity and become truly data driven we are committed to: Building a strong data culture where data is treated as an asset, Empowering our circlers to become highly data fluent and confident self serve users, Enhancing our world class data platform, Creating data products across all domains, Transforming our business with ML & AI.

Equal Opportunity

  • We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you.