Lead Engineer – AI Productivity Lab

Salary: £44,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience deploying technology solutions in complex environments and supporting production operations
• Hands-on experience using GenAI and Agentic AI technology to solve real-world problems
• Familiarity with agentic coding and/or coworking tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or Cursor, and the ability to learn new tools quickly
• Working knowledge of operational and AI risk considerations in regulated environments, including reliability, security, safety, and explainability
• Ability to collaborate in high-performing teams, communicate clearly, and contribute to shared reusable assets

Responsibilities:

• Build domain-specific agents and tools as part of our new AI Productivity Lab
• Work alongside Principal Engineers and the Head of the Lab to rapidly prototype, iterate, and embed solutions into real business processes
• Contribute to reusable knowledge assets
• Integrate secure, enterprise-grade solutions
• Support adoption by collaborating with business teams to embed agentic working into day-to-day operations

Technologies:

• Agentic AI
• AI
• Claude Code
• Copilot
• Cursor
• GitHub
• Support
• Security

More:

We are looking for Lead Engineers to join our new AI Productivity Lab, which is focused on accelerating internal AI-driven employee productivity and process automation using the latest agentic co-working technologies. The role is based in Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, or Manchester and follows a hybrid working pattern, with at least two days per week or 40% of time spent in one of our office sites. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, a generous benefits package including up to 15% pension contribution, annual bonus, share schemes, adaptable benefits, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave policies. We are committed to an inclusive, values-led culture and are focused on helping Britain prosper while shaping the future of financial services.

last updated 36 week of 2026