Hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
Embark on a transformative journey as a Forward Deployment Engineer at Barclays. Our vision is clear: to design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
Qualifications
* Good technical experience in AI/ML with developing and deploying solutions using LLMs, RAG architectures, and modern AI frameworks (Strands, FastMCP, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face).
* Ability to translate multi‑layered business problems into technical solutions, working directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver production systems. Experience in financial environments such as investment banking, risk, compliance, with understanding of regulatory considerations and responsible AI practices.
* Solid software engineering foundation with proficiency in Python, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), APIs, and full‑stack development to prototype and productionise AI applications.
* Experience with MLOps practices including model deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and CI/CD pipelines, delivering AI solutions from concept to production.
Additional Highly Valued Skills
* Excellent communication and consulting skills, building trust, managing stakeholder expectations, and driving AI capabilities across diverse business units.
* Experience with vector databases, prompt engineering, fine‑tuning, and deciding when to apply different AI approaches to business problems.
* Knowledge of data engineering, analytics, and visualisation tools to support end‑to‑end solution delivery, including data pipelines and user interfaces.
* Experience with React/JS Frameworks.
The location of your role is Glasgow/Knutsford.
Purpose of the role
To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
Accountabilities
* Development and delivery of high‑quality software solutions using industry‑aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools, ensuring code is scalable, maintainable, and optimised for performance.
* Cross‑functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
* Collaboration with peers, participation in code reviews, and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
* Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contributing to the organisation’s technology communities to foster technical excellence.
* Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
* Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
Leadership Expectations
* Advise and influence decision‑making, contribute to policy development, and ensure operational effectiveness, collaborating closely with other functions.
* Lead a team performing complex tasks, applying professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the whole business function, setting objectives, coaching employees, and determining reward outcomes.
* Demonstrate clear leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver an excellent standard: listen authentically, energise and inspire, align across the enterprise, and develop others.
* For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members through structured tasks, identify needs for other specialisations, and propose new directions or projects.
* Consult on complex issues, providing advice to People Leaders to support escalation resolution.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies or procedures supporting the control and governance agenda.
* Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls related to the work performed.
* Understand how work in other areas coordinates with organisational objectives, collaborating across functions to support business strategy.
* Engage in complex data analysis from multiple internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
* Communicate complex information, especially sensitive or difficult content, clearly to appropriate audiences.
* Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
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