Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. This is not a traditional engineering role, it is an opportunity to reinvent Investment Banking Research through AI. You will work on high impact AI engagements with senior stakeholders, building solutions that have the potential to become defining achievements of your career.

To be successful as a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you should have:

• Considerable Python engineering skills, including building and deploying production-grade APIs using FastAPI or Flask
• Experience designing and building agentic AI applications using frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar
• Deep experience developing RAG solutions, including vector databases, semantic search, reranking, and retrieval optimization
• Ample understanding of MCPs, FastMCP, tool calling, and agent orchestration patterns
• Experience deploying scalable cloud-native applications on AWS using services such as ECS/EKS, Lambda, Bedrock, and Docker

Other highly valued skills include:

• Experience operating AI systems in production, including AgentOps, CI/CD, monitoring, evaluation, and optimisation
• Considerable stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate highly detailed business tasks into technical solutions.
• Understanding of, or considerable interest in, Investment Banking Research workflows and financial data platforms
• Experience with M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, AWS AgentCore, or related AI platforms
• A pragmatic builder mindset with a bias for rapid iteration, be trusted with, and delivering measurable business impact

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $150,000Maximum Salary: $200,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.