GenAI Data Engineer
As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology. Job Description Get To Know Us: SS&C is leading the way. We continue to look for today's and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those who embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation, to name a few. GenAI Data Engineer Locations : London, Essex | Hybrid The Opportunity As a GenAI Data Expert at SS&C, you will play a key role in the Data Platform, shaping hedge fund administration technology, streamlining daily workflows, and enhancing reporting for fund accountants, investment managers, clients, and investors. You’ll be part of a dedicated and passionate team driven by intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and a commitment to delivering impactful solutions. We seek capable leaders eager to learn new technologies, embrace best practices, and foster a collaborative, fun work environment. This role is with SS&C GlobeOp, a division of SS&C Technologies is one of the world’s largest administrators with core competencies in private equity, hedge funds, funds of funds and managed accounts. SS&C has been providing outsourcing and fund administration services since 1995. Join us to grow and learn while practising continuous integration and delivery, leveraging the agile methodology, and building high-quality, valuable features using a test-driven approach. What You Will Get To Do:
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of high-performance Java-based applications and microservices for digital investment products.
- Collaborate closely with product management, UX/UI designers, and other developers to deliver high-quality software that meets client requirements.
- Drive the adoption of best practices in coding, testing, and software architecture to ensure high standards of code quality, performance, and scalability.
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers, promoting continuous learning and professional development within the team.
- Conduct code reviews, ensuring adherence to established coding standards and architectural guidelines.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends to continuously improve SS&C's digital product offerings.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the application stack, ensuring minimal disruption to the business.
- Contribute to the strategic planning of the Digital Development function, identifying opportunities for innovation and process improvement.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in AI & Python development, with expertise in Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Ability to design and build end-to-end applications and API integrations.
- Proven experience with large language models (LLMs) and AI model development
- Experience with developing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
- Experience with GenAI tools like Langchain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, and open-source Vector DBs.
- Exposure to prompt engineering principles and techniques like the chain of thought, in-context learning, tree of thought, etc.
- Exposure to SLMs.
- Experience with supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), prompt tuning, parameter-efficient fine-tuning (e.g., LoRA, adapters), and knowledge distillation.
- Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
- Expertise in DevOps practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions.
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed computing principles.
- Strong knowledge of security best practices in software development.
- Familiarity with data analytics and visualisation tools such as Snowflake, Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and within a team.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
- Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement, including access to SS&C University
- Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
- Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the well-being of our staff
- Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
- Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career