Job Description
AI Engineer
Manchester Based
Hybrid Role
We're seeking a pragmatic and highly skilled AI Engineer to join a fast-growing FinTech company as their first dedicated AI hire. This is a rare opportunity to build AI capability from the ground up in a business that processes payments for leading global brands.
This is an AI engineering role focused on creating the secure infrastructure that enables enterprise-grade AI agents to interact safely with production payment systems.
You'll be designing and implementing the company's Model Context Protocol (MCP) capability - essentially building the bridge between modern AI agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor) and critical business operations, while maintaining the security, compliance and reliability standards expected of financial technology.
The Role
-As the founding AI Engineer, you'll be responsible for:
-Designing and building the company's MCP server framework aligned to open standards
-Creating AI-accessible API operations (refunds, gateway configuration, etc.) with strict permissioning and security guardrails
-Implementing authentication, authorisation, logging, and full auditability for all AI agent interactions
-Building and operating the AI knowledge retrieval layer using vector databases
-Implementing hybrid semantic/lexical search capabilities
-Monitoring, testing, and opti...