Principal Engineer overseeing AI and data science strategy for financial compliance. Leading team to develop intelligent systems leveraging advanced technologies.
Responsibilities
Define and lead the AI and data science strategy across Encompass products, aligned with our vision for intelligent KYC automation.
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Executive teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven innovation, especially around data acquisition and reasoning.
Architect and lead the development of a cutting-edge agentic AI system for intelligent data discovery, extraction, and decision-making.
Oversee the integration of LLMs, knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and reinforcement learning for autonomous task execution.
Champion the application of explainable and trustworthy AI principles in all solutions.
Serve as a player-coach—writing code, prototyping models, conducting experiments, and reviewing designs.
Establish best practices for data science, MLOps, and model deployment at scale.
Guide the selection of AI technologies, platforms, and tooling.
Mentor team members and the broader business, fostering a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning.
Communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders and influence product strategy.
Represent Encompass in thought leadership forums and industry discussions on AI in RegTech and compliance.
Requirements
Proven experience in data science, AI, or ML roles with increasing leadership responsibility (people management experience not required).
Deep expertise in building intelligent systems with one or more of the following: LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, knowledge representation, or autonomous data pipelines.
Strong programming and software engineering skills (Python preferred; familiarity with cloud-native and MLOps tools).
Demonstrated experience in building and deploying AI systems in production environments.
Strong understanding of data governance, bias, fairness, and regulatory considerations in AI.
Experience in the financial services, RegTech, or compliance domain is a strong plus.
Advanced degree (PhD or MSc) in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or a related field.
Benefits
Participation in our industry leading share options scheme
Private Medical Plan
20 days a year Work From Anywhere policy for all staff
Flexible-first working policy
Enhanced annual, personal and parental leave schemes.
Paid volunteering leave programme
Employer recognition and employee assistance programmes
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