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Aveni is building next-generation AI systems for UK financial services, where safety, compliance, and trust are non-negotiable. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to work on AI and agentic platform capabilities that power intelligent, automated workflows for financial services. This is a high-impact role building foundational technology that underpins Aveni's AI-first strategy.
You'll work on systems that govern how AI agents behave in regulated financial contexts, designing and implementing policy enforcement, safety controls, behavioural monitoring, and evaluation frameworks. This work sits at the intersection of platform engineering, AI/ML systems, and compliance-by-design architecture. You'll be joining at a pivotal moment as Aveni scales from startup to enterprise-grade AI FinTech, working on problems that matter: making AI safe, auditable, and trustworthy in high-stakes financial environments.
Build Production-Grade Systems
Design and implement scalable Python services powering AI-driven workflows
Develop resilient, observable systems with strong error handling and compliance traceability
Work within a serverless, event-driven AWS architecture
Own Delivery End-to-End
Take ownership of features from design through to production
Collaborate with Product, AI Platform, and Compliance teams
Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and delivery
Shape AI & Agentic Systems
Build intelligent workflows using LLMs and agentic architectures
Integrate AI models into production systems
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Design guardrails, policy enforcement, and behavioural monitoring for AI agents
Mentor & Elevate the Team
Support and guide junior and mid-level engineers
Lead code reviews and promote engineering best practices
Contribute to documentation, demos, and knowledge sharing
Drive AI-Augmented Engineering
Use AI coding tools to accelerate development and improve quality
Help define best practices for AI-assisted software engineering
Must Have
Strong Python expertise in production environments
Experience building cloud-native systems on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge)
Experience working with LLMs or AI/ML systems
Strong understanding of APIs, async systems, and scalable architecture
Nice to Have
Experience with AI safety, guardrails, or policy enforcement
Background in agentic systems or autonomous workflows
Experience in financial services or regulated environments
Familiarity with Node.js / TypeScript, Terraform or CDK
Knowledge of observability tools and ML fundamentals
You’ll Thrive If You Are
Pragmatic and able to balance speed with long-term quality
Curious about AI, especially safety and responsible usage
Comfortable working in a fast-moving scale-up environment
A strong communicator who can explain complex ideas clearly
Passionate about mentoring and raising team standards
This role offers a clear path into Staff or Lead Engineer positions, where you’ll:
Drive architectural decisions across multiple teams
Own complex, cross-cutting AI systems
Shape Aveni’s long-term AI platform strategy
At Aveni, we believe that diversity drives innovation. We’ve built our business to ensure an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and its ability to drive positive change for the future of financial services, we’d love to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet 100% of requirements, we’d like to hear from you anyway if you believe you’d fit in. Apply now to join us on our mission to transform the financial services industry through AI.
A private UK RegTech company providing AI compliance, assurance, and productivity tools for banks, wealth managers, and financial advisers.
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