Generative AI Engineer

<p><b> AI Engineer | London | Global Hedge Fund | Up to £200k TC | Durlston Partners </b><p></p><p> I'm working on an exclusive search for an AI Engineer to join the AI team at a leading global hedge fund in London. </p><p></p><p> This is a hands-on engineering role sitting at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and live investment processes, building production-ready systems that directly impact trading and research. </p><p></p><p><b> The Role </b></p><p> You'll be responsible for designing and deploying AI systems end-to-end, with a focus on LLMs and their application to financial markets. Day-to-day, this means building scalable pipelines from research through to production, implementing agentic AI solutions (fine-tuning, prompt engineering, MCP connectors, multi-agent frameworks), and developing evaluation and monitoring frameworks for models in live environments. You'll work closely with portfolio managers and researchers to identify where AI can add the most value. </p><p></p><p><b> What They're Looking For </b></p><ul><li> Science or Engineering degree from a leading university </li><li> Hands-on experience applying AI/ML in financial markets, trading, or investment research </li><li> Familiarity with time series analysis and financial data </li><li> Full-stack proficiency: Python (backend) and React JS (frontend)</li><li> Experience with LLM inference APIs and agentic frameworks </li><li> AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure experience </li></ul><p></p><p><b> Interested?</b></p><p> If this sounds like the right next step, feel free to DM me or drop your details in the comments. Happy to share more detail confidentially. </p><p></p><p> James@durlstonpartners.com </p><p></p>