AI Engineer Tech Lead

A global financial services organisation seeks an AI Engineer Technical Lead to design, develop and deploy scalable, secure AI solutions and lead AI initiatives in Hong Kong.

Key responsibilities

As an AI Engineer Technical Lead, you will define AI direction, set standards, guide architecture and delivery, ensure compliance, and drive collaboration and continuous improvement.

Technical Leadership

• Define AI/ML standards, design patterns, and best practices
• Act as SME in AI/ML and Generative AI
• Guide architecture, code reviews, and solution validation
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, and regulatory standards

Solution Delivery

• Lead end-to-end AI delivery from design to deployment and optimisation
• Collaborate with product and cross-functional teams on requirements and dependencies
• Ensure quality, scalability, reliability, and maintainability of solutions
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks

Knowledge Management

• Maintain technical documentation and knowledge bases
• Drive knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Collect feedback to support enhancements and future development

Candidate profile

To excel in this role, you bring strong software engineering and AI/ML expertise, experience in Python/Java, LLMs, cloud (AWS), APIs, databases, Docker/Kubernetes, MLOps, and collaboration skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• 8+ years’ software engineering experience, incl. 2+ years in AI/ML
• Strong Python and Java programming skills
• Experience with REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask) and system integration
• Knowledge of LLMs, orchestration tools (LangChain/LangGraph/n8n), and MLOps
• Experience with AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock), Docker, and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB) and strong English/Chinese communication skills

About the company

A well-established financial services organisation provides a range of insurance and wealth solutions across Asia. It fosters a collaborative, growth-focused environment driven by innovation, digital transformation, and long-term value creation.

Keywords: AI engineering, machine learning, Generative AI, cloud services, solution delivery, financial services

What’s next

Join a forward-thinking team driving innovation and impact in financial services.