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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Principal, Lead Engineer AI
Posting Date: 9 Jul 2026
Location: London, GB
Company: EBRD
Requisition ID: 36775
Office Country: United Kingdom
Office City: London
Division: Information Technology
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Contract Length: 3 years
Posting End Date: 10/06/2026
Responsibilities
The Principal, AI/ML Engineer leads the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of AI and ML solutions within their area of responsibility, aligning engineering activities to the Bank’s broader AI strategy and long-term objectives. The role combines strong technical leadership with a clear focus on delivery outcomes, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned to business value.
- Leads the definition and execution of AI/ML engineering direction across one or more squads, ensuring alignment with the Bank’s AI strategic vision and architectural principles.
- Accountable for shaping and evolving technical approaches for AI/ML systems within their area, ensuring solutions are consistent with agreed patterns, standards, and platforms.
- Contributes to the development and adoption of reference architectures for key AI components, including LLMs, vector search, and inference services, ensuring solutions are scalable and maintainable.
- Leads technical discovery activities such as proofs of concept, feasibility assessments, and vendor evaluations, translating findings into clear recommendations and delivery plans.
- Supports design reviews and technical checkpoints for AI initiatives, ensuring risks are identified early and responsible AI considerations such as fairness, privacy, and safety are incorporated into delivery.
- Guides squads in adopting best practices in observability, incident management, and service-level design to ensure reliable and resilient AI/ML services.
- Works closely with Product Owners and Platform teams to prioritize and sequence backlogs, balancing delivery of business value with ongoing improvement and technical sustainability.
- Mentors engineers within and across squads, contributing to the development of capability in data and ML engineering and fostering knowledge sharing.
- Engages with senior stakeholders to communicate technical direction, delivery progress, and key risks in a clear and structured manner.
- Maintains an understanding of commodity AI solutions and ensures appropriate security and governance guardrails are applied when introducing new capabilities.
Requirements
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Core Skills:
- Python
- Azure
- MLOps
- Cloud-based AI/ML solutions
- Machine learning
- Cloud platforms
- Data processing
- Model serving
- Feature engineering
- AI ethics
- Cloud security
- Compliance
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Secondary Skills:
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Communication
- Team leadership
- Technical documentation
- Knowledge sharing
We Offer
- Varied, stimulating, and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public, and private sectors across the regions we invest in.
- A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients, shareholders, and counterparties effectively.
- A hybrid workplace that offers flexibility to teams and individuals; that is based on trust, flexibility, and connectedness.
- An environment that places sustainability, equality, and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.
- A workplace that prioritizes employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits.
About the Company
Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organization, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.
At EBRD, our Values – Inclusiveness, Innovation, Trust, and Responsibility – are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up, collaborating smartly, acting decisively with full commitment, and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work, fostering a positive and high-performing environment.
Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background, or disability.
Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).