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Director Principal Engineer Applied AI
About the role
Lead AI/ML engineering at Barclays Capital Securities, driving technical excellence, designing scalable AI/ML platforms, mentoring teams, shaping AI strategy, ensuring production‑grade solutions, integrating LLMs, agentic frameworks, MLOps, and cross‑functional collaboration to enhance banking services.
What you’ll do
- Lead AI/ML architecture and code review for complex systems
- Define technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards
- Conduct research on context/prompt engineering techniques
- Architect data pipelines and processing workflows for model training
- Champion MLOps tools and practices for production deployment
- Lead agentization of existing systems via A2A, MCP protocols
- Partner with cross‑functional teams to integrate AI/ML into products
- Mentor junior and senior engineers on AI/ML techniques and architecture
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor's in CS, engineering, math, or related discipline
- 12+ years software engineering, data science, analytics; 5+ years AI/ML
- Design and implement scalable production AI/ML platforms
- Deep LLM knowledge, training & fine‑tuning
- Hands‑on GenAI/AgenticAI frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI)
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other data analysis languages
- DevOps & CI/CD experience (Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes)
Nice to have
- PhD in CS, engineering, math, statistics, or related discipline
- Experience establishing AI/ML best practices, standards, ethics
- Knowledge of banking, financial products and services
Skills
Education
Bachelor's