Winston Fox
Generative AI Engineer
Requirements
Candidates should have 5-10 years of experience in AI and machine learning within financial markets. A strong passion for generative AI and exceptional problem-solving skills are essential.
Job Description
Amazing opportunity to join the cutting-edge AI team at a top 10 Global Hedge Fund.
Role
- Design and build robust and scalable AI-powered solutions and workflows for the business.
- Understand different investment teams' processes and identify opportunities for AI integration or workflow improvements.
- Develop best practices and standards for applied AI.
- Ensure your solutions are effective and create tangible value for the investment teams.
- Supporting, monitoring, and continuously improving existing AI systems and applications.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance the core AI platform and contributing to the shared libraries and frameworks.
Requirements
- 5-10 years of professional experience implementing AI and machine learning systems in financial markets
- Demonstrable modelling, agent development, and model training experience with high business impact, i.e. revenue generation or loss implications
- Broad technical knowledge and a demonstrable passion for learning new technologies and their practical application to business problems.
- Demonstrable obsession with generative AI and a passion for staying current with the latest developments.
- A love for automation and continual improvement, with a track record of identifying high-value big-ticket automation opportunities.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to build positive, collaborative relationships with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
- Exceptional and proven problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Excellent academic achievements in Computer Science, AI, and Machine Learning.
- Native level English language skills - verbal and written
Technologies
- Coding in Python / C# / Scala / Java / Go
- Data storage and manipulation tools such as SQL, Pandas/Polars, Snowflake, Vector DBs
- Generative AI libraries, frameworks and tools such as LangChain, Llamaindex, Aider, Claude Code
- Best practices and approaches to model performance and benchmarking, including tools like MLFlow
- Containerisation and orchestration technologies like Docker / Kubernetes / Helm / Flux
- Data visualisation tools and notebooking tools such as Marimo / Jupyter
- ETL/ELT technologies such as Airflow / Dagster / DBT
Offered
World-class tech environment, culture and infrastructure, working on cutting-edge projects
Work on solutions with clear, direct business and team PnL impact
£150k to £250k base salary PA
Annual performance bonus 1x - 4x base salary
No expense spared benefits package
4 days onsite + 1 day wfh
Relocation and visa available for "Exceptional" candidates with direct experience
Education
Skills
About Winston Fox
Winston Fox is a boutique and pro-active search firm operating almost exclusively within Quantitative Trading, Research and Technology. With twenty years successful experience recruiting in these markets Winston Fox is able to identify suitable opportunities for both the recruiting managers and potential candidates on assignments from Analyst to Managing Director.