NLP Research Engineer – Financial AI
Location: London, UK
Company: Series A FinTech AI Startup
Transform the £4 trillion UK financial services sector through cutting-edge natural language processing and AI-powered automation. As financial institutions face unprecedented pressure to digitize operations while managing regulatory compliance, we’re building next-generation AI systems that understand financial documents, automate risk assessment, and deliver intelligent insights from unstructured data. With recent funding from top-tier VCs and partnerships across major UK financial institutions, we’re at the forefront of the FinTech revolution, helping banks, asset managers, and insurance companies leverage AI for competitive advantage while ensuring regulatory compliance across FCA, PRA, and international frameworks.
What You’ll Do:
- Build large language models specialized for financial document understanding
- Develop NLP systems for regulatory compliance and risk assessment automation
- Create knowledge graphs from financial reports, contracts, and market data
- Design real-time sentiment analysis for market intelligence and trading signals
- Research multimodal approaches combining text, tables, and financial time series
Requirements:
- MSc/PhD in Computer Science, NLP, or related field
- 3+ years experience with transformer models and large language model development
- Strong background in information extraction, document AI, and knowledge graphs
- Experience with financial markets, regulatory frameworks, or compliance preferred
- Proficiency in Python, Hugging Face, and distributed training frameworks
What We Offer:
- £65k-£95k + equity + performance bonuses
- Work on challenging NLP problems with real-world financial impact
- Collaborate with quantitative analysts and financial domain experts
- Opportunity to shape AI adoption across UK financial services
