Shape AI for a Brighter Financial Future
You will play a pivotal role in building, scaling and leading the next generation of intelligent systems. This role blends deep technical expertise with hands-on leadership, reporting directly to our Head of AI.
As a Founding Lead AI Engineer, you'll write production code, shape strategy, mentor team members, and help grow a lean, world-class AI engineering team.
The Impact You'll Make
* You'll design and deploy core AI systems that serve millions across the region.
* You'll drive technical execution and engineering standards as the right-hand to the Head of AI.
* You'll lead and mentor junior engineers to elevate team performance and capabilities.
* You'll play a critical role in hiring and scaling a high-performance AI team.
Your Responsibilities
* You'll design, build, and ship production-grade ML models for high-impact use cases.
* Lead model architecture, data pipeline design, and deployment strategies.
* Collaborate across product, engineering, and data teams to drive AI initiatives.
* Own the end-to-end ML lifecycle - from data prep to deployment and monitoring.
* Review code, guide projects, and mentor engineers through technical challenges.
* Champion experimentation, continuous learning, and AI best practices.
* Interview and evaluate candidates, contributing to technical hiring and team building.
* Stay ahead of ML advancements and bring cutting-edge solutions into production.
Your Qualifications
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
* 4-6 years of experience in AI/ML engineering with real-world deployment experience.
* Strong Python skills and deep familiarity with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
* Solid understanding of the end-to-end ML lifecycle: data pipelines, training, validation, monitoring.
* Experience working on applied AI problems (recommendation, fraud, risk, NLP, etc.).
* Track record of technical leadership and mentoring engineers.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
* Must be based in Dublin and open to working remotely with regional teams.