Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Manchester, hybrid (60% office presence per year after onboarding period)

Red Compass Labs are payments experts focused exclusively on payments modernization. Over the last 23 years, Red Compass Labs has delivered 500+ projects across the world’s major payments schemes and platforms, including ISO 20022, SEPA, Swift, the Real-time Payments Network, and Fed Now, ISO 20022 migrations, and FIS OPF, Finastra GPP, and ACI Worldwide.

Its flagship Payments Expert Agent is an AI solution purpose-built for the full payments modernization software development lifecycle. Trained on decades of deep payments expertise and more than 30,000 curated documents, the agent is certified to SOC 2 Type II.

Red Compass Labs supports clients from offices in London, Warsaw, Brussels, Miami, Boston, Toronto, and Pune. For more information, visit

Imagine reducing a 14-day financial analysis task to just 2 hours. At Red Compass Labs, we don't just imagine— we've built it.

We're transforming the trillion-dollar payments industry through intelligent automation. At the heart of our mission is Analyst Accelerator.ai, our proprietary multi-agent AI platform built to accelerate complex analysis in global banking and compliance.

You will take proven concepts from research and turn them into production-grade, client-facing AI solutions:

• Design, build, and scale sophisticated multi-agent workflows that automate complex financial analysis.
• Engineer robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging financial rulebooks, regulatory documentation, and client knowledge bases.
• Develop secure, scalable backend services and APIs (primarily Python/FastAPI) deployed in Azure cloud environments.
• Implement and enhance MLOps and Dev Ops practices
  , using Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops pipelines, Docker containers, and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, domain experts, and UX designers, converting complex business requirements into clear, impactful features.

We’re seeking product‑centric engineers who thrive on complex challenges, rapidly acquiring new technical skills, and delivering impactful AI solutions.

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with proven expertise developing and deploying production‑grade systems.
• Experience in modern AI
  , agentic software development, and use of LLMs
  .
• Strong proficiency in either Python/Typescript
  .
• Understanding in embedding models,
  retrieval‑based AI architectures (RAG), and vector databases.
• Familiarity with cloud‑native software development, containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Commitment to learning and leveraging new technologies and AI tools rapidly and effectively.
• A ‘t‑shaped’ engineering mindset, and a willingness to stretch into tasks such as automation testing, devops, data engineering when the work needs it.

• Previous experience with multi‑agent systems or complex workflow automation.
• Background in fintech, banking, payments, or compliance industries.
• Experience with high‑performance API frameworks (FastAPI).
• Core AI & LLMs:
  Python, LLM frameworks such as
  Autogen
  , Lang Chain
  , Pydantic‑AI
  , etc.
• Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and MCP servers.
• Front‑end
  :
  
  Type Script and React

• Work on high
  ‑
  impact financial technology projects that shape the future of payments and AI‑driven innovation
• Join a trust
  ‑
  based, transparent, and collaborative culture where your voice matters and ideas influence outcomes
• Enjoy real ownership and autonomy in how you approach challenges, deliver work, and grow your expertise
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive global team across Canada, the UK, Europe, and Asia, where fairness and meritocracy guide every decision
• Collaborate daily with senior industry experts and leaders
  , accelerating your professional development
• Experience a human, respectful, and well
  ‑
  structured recruitment and onboarding journey designed around clarity and mutual fit
• Grow through continuous learning
  , cross‑functional work, and exposure to both consulting and product‑building environments
• Join a company that values integrity, curiosity, and continuous improvement
  , and empowers you to make meaningful impact from day one.
• Up to 10% of annual earnings as a personal performance bonus
• Life insurance
• Group Income Protection
• Health Insurance for you and your family
• Dental Insurance for you and your family
• Pension: the pension is currently 4% employer and 4% employee. You also have the option to increase your contributions to your private pension, if you wish.
• 28 days annual holiday plus Public & Bank holidays

Red Compass Labs is committed to promoting and supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace, ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all. This fuels innovation and enables us to work better together with each other and for our clients.