IT & Software

Forward Deployed Engineer

Huxley Associates

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you bridge engineering, data science, and investing to deliver production-grade, AI-powered solutions that directly influence investment decisions. You work closely with portfolio managers, researchers, and traders to turn ideas into scalable systems used by front-office teams. You’ll leverage cloud, data, and ML tools to drive impact and adopt modern engineering practices. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role at the intersection of technology and finance with a clear focus on tangible business outcomes.

Responsibilities
  • Partner with investment professionals to solve complex business and research challenges
  • Design and build production-ready applications, workflows, and AI-powered tools
  • Transform prototypes into scalable systems used by front-office teams
  • Work across data engineering, software engineering, machine learning, and cloud technologies
  • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and emerging technologies
  • Translate technical concepts into business impact for non-technical stakeholders
Key requirements
  • Strong software engineering experience with modern development frameworks
  • Experience building production-grade systems and end-user applications
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and bias for action
  • Ability to work directly with business stakeholders and rapidly deliver solutions
  • Experience with cloud platforms, data pipelines, APIs, and AI/ML tooling
  • Strong communication skills and commercial mindset
  • strong communication
  • stakeholder collaboration
  • problem-solving
  • cloud platforms
  • data pipelines
  • APIs

Reference: WJ-747_31184415

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