AI Engineer / GenAI Engineer / LLM Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer / Data Scientist (GenAI[...]

To use innovative data analytics and machine learning techniques to extract valuable insights from the bank's data reserves, leveraging these insights to inform strategic decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation across the organisation.

• Identification, collection, extraction of data from various sources, including internal and external sources.
• Performing data cleaning, wrangling, and transformation to ensure its quality and suitability for analysis.
• Development and maintenance of efficient data pipelines for automated data acquisition and processing.
• Design and conduct of statistical and machine learning models to analyse patterns, trends, and relationships in the data.
• Development and implementation of predictive models to forecast future outcomes and identify potential risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to seek out opportunities to add value from data through Data Science.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us an AI Engineer to join our Private Bank & Wealth Management (PBWM) GenAI team, where innovation is already delivering real impact. You’ll work on high‑profile, strategic initiatives, contributing to end‑to‑end GenAI solutions that are already delivering measurable value for our clients, while helping solve complex problems and drive tangible business outcomes.

To be successful as an AI Engineer, you should have experience with;

• Expert Python & AI Engineering Frameworks- Deep proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, HuggingFace), including vector‑retrieval tooling.
• Agentic AI & Orchestrated Reasoning- Hands‑on experience designing and deploying agentic AI workflows, tool‑using agents, and multi‑step reasoning systems in production environments.
• RAG Architecture & Implementation- Practical experience designing and implementing Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, including embeddings, chunking, retrieval optimisation, and safety/guardrails.
• Production‑Grade AI Application Engineering-Proven ability to build and operate full‑stack AI applications (backend, APIs, modern front‑end frameworks such as React) with focus on reliability, scalability, security, and observability.
• Cloud‑Native AI Deployment on AWS- Experience deploying AI solutions using AWS services such as Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda, API Gateway, and vector‑enabled datastores (e.g., OpenSearch, pgvector).

Some other highly valued skills may include;

• End‑to‑End MLOps / LLMOps- Experience with model lifecycle management, evaluation frameworks, monitoring, and CI/CD for AI workloads.
• Model Fine‑Tuning Expertise- Understanding of fine‑tuning techniques and when to apply fine‑tuning vs. RAG vs. hybrid strategies.
• Enterprise‑Grade Governance & Security-Experience designing AI systems within regulated or compliance‑heavy environments.
• Cost‑Optimised AI Architecture-Ability to design scalable, efficient AI systems through model selection, inference optimisation, and resource‑efficient deployment.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

Location of the role is Glasgow