Core AI Engineering Manager London

Core AI Engineering Manager

• Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
• Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar
• 35 days’ annual leave
• 9% company pension contributions

• Role overview
• Who are we looking for
• Our benefits
• The process
• Why apply
• Meet our people
• Interview process

• Software Engineering
• London

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

Take the next step in your career.

The role

The Core AI team owns the foundational platform that supports AI work across the firm. This includes the AI gateway service for access to frontier models, the on-prem inference platform for access to open-weight and custom models at scale on the GPU farm, and the secure model registry.

We are looking for an exceptional engineering manager to lead and grow the Core AI team within the Basecamp Technology group. You will be communicating platform strategy and impact to senior stakeholders, including the Head of Basecamp Technology and CTO.

AI is part of how every team here works, accelerating thinking and delivering impact. All colleagues are expected to bring AI into their daily workflows. In this team, that means building the tools and services that make this possible.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Driving the Core AI infrastructure roadmap in line with the firm's AI strategy
• Leading build versus buy decisions across model serving and inference infrastructure
• Designing and owning a centralised MCP gateway, working with platform teams to provide MCP services
• Collaborate with the open-source group to stay up to date and help to drive priorities for feature development in open-source products
• Leading and mentoring a team of product-focused engineers
• Driving developer adoption through SDKs, documentation and self-service tooling

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience leading large-scale platform or infrastructure initiatives
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across technical and business functions
• Expert C# and Python skills, with experience building distributed systems
• Deep Kubernetes expertise, including operators, custom schedulers and multi-tenant cluster management
• Experience with Docker, Terraform and CI/CD in regulated environments
• Experience with GPU infrastructure and platform optimisation
• Experience operating MCP servers at scale, sandboxing technologies and open-source contributions

Why should you apply?

• Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
• Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar
• 35 days' annual leave
• 9% company pension contributions
• Informal dress code and excellent work/life balance
• Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Monthly company events
• Experience days: all-expenses-paid, bucket-list outings with colleagues, from Michelin-star tasting menus to European day trips.

Relocation Support

If you're relocating internationally to join us in London, we offer a comprehensive range of support services to assist you all the way. All costs associated with your relocation and immigration are covered by G-Research.

• Concierge service: Your personal consultant will arrange travel; help find your new home and manage your move. They're also on hand to help with more bespoke requests too.
• Immigration support: We'll partner you with an expert consultant who will guide you through the full immigration process.

Relocation Support

If you're relocating from within the UK or internationally to join us in London, we offer a comprehensive range of support services to assist you all the way. Costs associated with your relocation and immigration are covered by G-Research.

• Concierge service: Your personal consultant will arrange travel, help find your new home and manage your move. They're also on hand to help with more bespoke requests too.

• Immigration support: We'll partner you with an expert consultant who will guide you through the immigration process.

"I've felt very lucky to work with teams of people across the business who are generous with their time, knowledge and ideas as we collaborate to continuously build and rebuild complex systems with lots of moving parts."

Get to know us

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What our people say

"Work culture is an important aspect for me, so when I was contacted by G-Research I discovered a company where I could grow as a developer, whilst feeling like the company valued me as a person, not just a code monkey."

"Before G-Research I’d completed internships at a few companies whilst studying Computer Science at the University of York. Since joining, I’ve progressed from an intern to a graduate to an engineer, having worked on systems and technology core to the business my entire time."

"My favourite part of working at G-Research is the people, from my colleagues to our customers. The culture is great and encourages collaboration, which makes it easier for everyone to work together."

"I was surprised by how much access I had to G-Research’s compute. I was able to run a significant number of jobs on the compute farm, similar to a full-time researcher, which gave me the freedom to explore different ideas through experimentation."

"What’s stood out is how much ownership I’ve had without ever feeling like I was on my own. I’ve been treated as part of the team, with people always happy to answer questions, discuss ideas or help when I need it."

"Sitting alongside experienced engineers means I can ask questions, discuss ideas and learn from how they approach their work."

"I had the autonomy to lead mini-projects, contribute to ongoing investigations and shape the outcome of technical workstreams."

"It’s nice to work on something useful, rather than just an intern project. I’ve had feedback from people saying they’ll use the app regularly, which is great to hear."

"The dashboards I’ve created are already being used and having a tangible impact, which I’ve found really rewarding."

"G-Research gave me a unique experience where I'm surrounded by both very talented and very approachable people and where my contributions are impactful."

Interview process

Our assessment process kicks off with our Talent Acquisition team, who will review your application and assess your fit for the role.

You will meet with a team member – or take a remote test – where your technical abilities will be put to the test.

We will set aside technical skills and focus on you.

Here, we will take a deeper dive into your technical skills and competencies.

The final stage of our interview process is where you will meet members of your team, your future manager, and functional leadership.

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