Senior AI Engineer - Financial Services

The opportunity

Our AI team, based in Belgium, supports clients across various business sectors, with a focus on Financial Services—including banking, capital markets, insurance, wealth and asset management—helping them embrace AI at scale and achieve tangible results while transforming their approach to the future. 

We are currently looking for a talented and motivated Senior AI Engineer to join our team.

Your key responsibilities

As Senior AI Engineer, you will be part of the AI and Data team. You will work in multi-disciplinary environment leveraging AI capabilities to provide real business impact for our clients.

• Play a key role in the end-to-end delivery of innovative AI solutions for our clients, from ideation, feasibility assessment, to data preparation, solution development and industrialization in production environment.
• With a strong focus on MLOps you will deliver robust and production-ready solutions.
• You will keep up with the state-of-the-art AI capabilities, open-source and proprietary, undertake proof-of-concepts, and design innovative AI Solutions.
• You will also support transformation processes towards an AI centric culture and work closely together with colleagues from other business departments, in domains such as risk management, business optimization and customer intelligence.
• You will also build and share knowledge with your colleagues and coach junior profiles.
• Add real-world impact to your expertise, as you are encouraged to write ‘black’ papers and present at meetings and conferences should you wish.
• Attend AI conferences where you will have the opportunity to share, network and learn.

Skills and attributes for success

• You are a team-oriented person, highly collaborative, who sets personal goals aside to listen, learn, and engage thoughtfully with colleagues, always with an eye on achieving impactful results.
• You are methodical yet creative problem solver, proactive in learning, seeking improvements and work cooperatively with your team. You value iterative progress, embracing experimentation with new methods, learning from outcomes, and rapidly advancing.    
• Master's or PhD level in a discipline such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Sciences or Civil Engineering.
• You have 2-5 years of solid experience in Applied AI, including the latest advances in Generative AI.
• Strong programming experience in Python is essential.
• Fluent in Dutch or French and a business proficiency in English.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure, including deployment of resources, building, management, and optimization of AI solutions on the Azure platform.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for automated builds and deployments.
• Very Good presentation and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to business people.
• Experience in applying AI to business real world problems.
• You love to take full ownership of your projects and help clients in overcoming their challenges.
• You are not afraid to support of business development and pre-sales activities.

Can we dream for more?

• Familiarity with Azure Cognitive Services and Azure OpenAI Service for pre-built AI capabilities.
• Understanding of Azure security features and best practices.
• Passion for continuous learning and staying updated with AI.
• You have experience with agile software development and project management.
• You have a business understanding of the Financial Sector (Banking, Insurance or Capital markets).

What we offer you

• You will be part of a leading global professional services firm.
• You will be part of the EY family where everyone is willing to offer support and senior management is very accessible.  
• You will join a dynamic and growing team with a great mix of young and experienced professionals focusing on financial services.
• You will get extensive trainings  on technical matters, as well as soft skills and project management, and you will have access to new technologies and innovative equipment.
• We are proud of our flexible working arrangements, and we will support you to build a successful career and deliver excellent client service, without sacrificing your personal priorities. 
• While our client-facing profession might require part-time working at client site and business traveling at times, we are committed to helping you achieve a lifestyle balance.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. 

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