AI Engineer

JOB TITLE: AI Engineer.

SALARY: £45,000pa to £59,800pa plus an extensive benefits package.

LOCATION: Leeds or Edinburgh.

HOURS: 35 hours, full time.

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at one of the above listed hubs.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted the progressive potential of AI in strengthening the UK's investment culture, particularly in closing the advice gap and making financial mentorship more accessible. With only 31% of UK adults currently investing and the majority doing so without regulated advice, there's a clear opportunity to support better financial outcomes. As one of the UK's largest providers of pensions and investments, Scottish Widows is well‑positioned to lead this change.

Within Lloyds Banking Group, the D2C Investments Platform supports Halifax Share Dealing Ltd. and Ready‑Made propositions via Embark and FNZ, delivering investment solutions across trusted brands like Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland. Our mission involves redefining the investment experience for our 26 million customers across the UK, harnessing the power of AI.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our newly formed Agentic AI lab, pushing the boundary of discovery for the industry into the potential of AI technologies in the investing experience. As an AI Engineer within the lab, you will work on the development and deployment of advanced Artificial Intelligence systems for Lloyds Banking Group. You will build your knowledge of prompt engineering, software development, Python and CI/CD to build and provision to live robust AI solutions within our investment experience.

As a junior role within the team, this would be a great fit for an engineer who is enthusiastic about learning and growth, and truly passionate about AI.

• Inform the design and implementation of advanced AI systems - utilising market leading technology.
• Build prompts to optimise AI performance within a multi‑agent framework - providing prompt lifecycle management within our ecosystem.
• Utilise wider AI technologies, such as RAG, where appropriate to further enhance our customer experience using the rich Lloyds Banking Group knowledge base.
• Collaborate with data scientists to understand model requirements and work as a team to bring technical solutions.
• Help to deploy and monitor AI systems in production environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to AI systems.
• Stay updated with the latest AI technologies and standards.

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!

• Python (Programming Language): Designs and implements Python applications, with awareness of Python's advanced features and standard libraries. Works to optimise code for performance improvement, debugging issues, and integrating Python with other technologies and systems.
• Prompt Engineering: Has a keen interest to develop the ability to design, test and amend complex prompts within AI systems. Works with the team to optimise agent performance for balancing latency and quality within a multi‑agent system, building situational awareness of when to apply key methodologies (such as zero‑shot prompting vs RAG).
• Software Engineering: Uses design patterns and standard processes to design, test and amend complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
• Google Cloud Platform: Is keen to learn fundamental skills to deploy and maintain cloud projects on GCP, or has experience within this.

Our focus is to ensure we are inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it is why we especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

So, if you are excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We would love to hear from you!