Lead AI Engineer

<p data-start="101" data-end="238"><strong data-start="101" data-end="144">Lead AI Engineer (Senior/Principal Consultant)</strong><br data-start="144" data-end="147">Location: London (Hybrid) | <strong data-start="175" data-end="192">Practice Area</strong>: Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent</p> <p data-start="240" data-end="346"><strong data-start="240" data-end="346">Empower the next frontier of AI with Capco. Shape, build, and deliver future-ready generative systems.</strong></p> <p data-start="348" data-end="857"><strong data-start="348" data-end="360">The Role</strong><br data-start="360" data-end="363">We’re looking for a Lead AI Engineer (Senior/Principal Consultant) to join our Technology Delivery Team. You’ll combine your expertise in AI/ML engineering and software development to build and deploy cutting-edge generative AI and agentic systems across the financial services sector. As a hands-on leader, you’ll architect AI solutions, embed them within enterprise environments, and drive impactful outcomes through advanced engineering, scalable pipelines, and deep cross-functional collaboration.</p> <p data-start="859" data-end="877"><strong data-start="859" data-end="877">What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul data-start="878" data-end="1431"> <li data-start="878" data-end="980"> <p data-start="880" data-end="980">Architect and develop autonomous AI systems integrating multi-modal LLMs (text, image, audio, video)</p> </li> <li data-start="981" data-end="1098"> <p data-start="983" data-end="1098">Design agentic workflows enabling AI agents to interact with data sources and APIs using prompt engineering and RAG</p> </li> <li data-start="1099" data-end="1210"> <p data-start="1101" data-end="1210">Fine-tune, optimize, and deploy large language and multi-modal models with a focus on performance and latency</p> </li> <li data-start="1211" data-end="1322"> <p data-start="1213" data-end="1322">Build scalable MLOps pipelines and full-stack applications to support robust, production-grade AI deployments</p> </li> <li data-start="1323" data-end="1431"> <p data-start="1325" data-end="1431">Guide multidisciplinary teams and clients through strategic decisions in AI engineering and GenAI adoption</p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="1433" data-end="1459"><strong data-start="1433" data-end="1459">What We’re Looking For</strong></p> <ul data-start="1460" data-end="1878"> <li data-start="1460" data-end="1537"> <p data-start="1462" data-end="1537">Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, AI, or related STEM fields</p> </li> <li data-start="1538" data-end="1606"> <p data-start="1540" data-end="1606">Hands-on experience deploying LLMs and multi-modal models at scale</p> </li> <li data-start="1607" data-end="1695"> <p data-start="1609" data-end="1695">Strong engineering background in Python with proven backend and API development skills</p> </li> <li data-start="1696" data-end="1782"> <p data-start="1698" data-end="1782">Solid understanding of scalable MLOps, observability, and cloud-native AI deployment</p> </li> <li data-start="1783" data-end="1878"> <p data-start="1785" data-end="1878">Excellent communication, problem-solving, and project management skills in agile environments</p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="1880" data-end="1900"><strong data-start="1880" data-end="1900">Bonus Points For</strong></p> <ul data-start="1901" data-end="2274"> <li data-start="1901" data-end="1967"> <p data-start="1903" data-end="1967">Experience with agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex)</p> <