Senior Automation Engineer - London- Global Prime Brokerage & Financing Platform | London, UK

Senior Automation Engineer - London- Global Prime Brokerage and Financing Platform

Exciting opportunity at one of the fastest growing financial services firms around the world. They offer prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital assets, and are now looking to hire world-class software engineers to help build on their success.

ResponsibilitiesDesign agentic automation framework in Python on AWS BedrockDecompose Jira workflows into microservices and LLM agentsOwn end-to-end delivery of automation solutions across the business, e.g. Operations, Compliance, RiskBuild secure, high-performance integrations with core internal systemsDevelop prompt strategies, retrieval augmentation, and guard-rail policies for Bedrock modelsMeasure and tune agent output quality, latency, and costMentor junior engineers; drive coding standards, code reviews, CI/CD hygiene

Skills and Experience Required8+ years'' experience of professional software engineering (Python preferred) with at least 3 years'' designing distributed, event-driven systems in AWSProven production experience integrating or fine-tuning LLM/GenAI solutions (OpenAI, Bedrock, or similar)Deep knowledge of Jira data model, webhooks, and REST/GraphQL APIsStrong grasp of security for SaaS integrations: OAuth, secret rotation, data-in-transit/at-rest encryptionFamiliarity with financial or regulated environments and related control frameworks, e.g. SOC 2, model governanceHands-on with observability stacks (Grafana, Datadog) and CI/CD pipelines

DesirablePrior work on KYC / AML automation, sanctions screening, or client onboarding flowsExperience with event sourcing, domain-driven design, or service-based architectureFamiliarity with LangChain, Haystack, or other agent frameworks; Infrastructure-as-Code (CDK / Terraform) and/or container orchestration with Kubernetes

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ContactIf you feel you are suitable for this role, drop me an email or give me a call!

Jack Peck[e] jack.peck@oxfordknight.co.uk[t] +44 20 3745 6537linkedin.com/in/jack-peck-448a70131

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