Allica Bank - Senior Product Engineer

• Personal Attributes: • Deeply curious, proactive, and impact-driven with a strong bias for action and experimentation • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where the problem is as novel as the solution • Strong sense of ownership/ pro-activeness • Collaborative and communicative, able to translate technical ideas into business language and influence stakeholders • Good understanding of well-architected Framework and should be able to demonstrate how to apply them • Passionate about the potential of AI to change how businesses work and how customers interact with products • Proven experience building and deploying LLM-powered tools or agents (e.g., using OpenAI, Claude, or open-source models) • Hands-on expertise in Python, LLM frameworks (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, etc.), prompt engineering, and orchestration • Previous experience with Event-Driven Microservice Architecture • Experience integrating AI solutions into real-world systems • Strong understanding of vector databases, RAG (retrieval augmented generation), and agent workflows • Understanding of privacy, bias, and safety considerations when applying LLMs in production • Demonstrable experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) • Exposure to commercial lending is a plus • Exposure to Azure cloud will be beneficial • Working at Allica Bank • At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers. • Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind: • Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities • Options for flexible working • Regular social activities • Pension contributions • Discretionary bonus scheme • Private health cover • Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave • Don’t tick every box? • Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you! • Flexible working • Flexible working • We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate. • Diversity • We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.