Applied AI and Automation Engineer - London city - 90k

London | 12-month FTC | £70k-£90k Month 1 fully onsite - then hybrid (3 days onsite)Are you an engineer who loves building real AI systems that actually do things? Do you get excited about autonomy and turning manual workflows into intelligent automation?If yes - we''d really like to talk to you.We''re hiring an AI Automation Engineer to join a small, highly technical AI team in financial services who are building a brand-new automation tool from the ground up. This is a rare chance to step into a role where your ideas, your engineering approach, and your problem-solving mindset will directly define the outcome.Why we need youRight now, critical internal data workflows rely on manual matching, Excel processes, and human-driven calculations. It works - but it doesn''t scale, it''s slow, and it''s time-consuming.We need you to turn this into an intelligent, automated AI system, capable of reasoning, validating, matching and running calculations without human prompting.Your experience in agentic AI, LLM-based automation, Python engineering, and end-to-end build work is exactly what will enable us to replace a manual workflow with a robust, smart, production-ready tool.The impact you''ll makeYou will:Use your Python skills to build an AI-driven automation tool that replaces manual data matching and spreadsheet workflowsUse agentic AI and LLM-based reasoning to create autonomous workflowsDesign, prototype, iterate and ship - end-to-endCollaborate directly with a Head of AI who ..... full job details .....