Encompass Corporation

Principal AI Engineer

Encompass Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Glasgow • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudPython

About the role

  • Define and lead the AI and data science strategy across Encompass products, aligned with our vision for intelligent KYC automation.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Executive teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven innovation, especially around data acquisition and reasoning.
  • Architect and lead the development of a cutting-edge agentic AI system for intelligent data discovery, extraction, and decision-making.
  • Oversee the integration of LLMs, knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and reinforcement learning for autonomous task execution.
  • Champion the application of explainable and trustworthy AI principles in all solutions.
  • Serve as a player-coach—writing code, prototyping models, conducting experiments, and reviewing designs.
  • Establish best practices for data science, MLOps, and model deployment at scale.
  • Guide the selection of AI technologies, platforms, and tooling.
  • Mentor team members and the broader business, fostering a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders and influence product strategy.
  • Represent Encompass in thought leadership forums and industry discussions on AI in RegTech and compliance.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in data science, AI, or ML roles with increasing leadership responsibility (people management experience not required).
  • Deep expertise in building intelligent systems with one or more of the following: LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, knowledge representation, or autonomous data pipelines.
  • Strong programming and software engineering skills (Python preferred; familiarity with cloud-native and MLOps tools).
  • Demonstrated experience in building and deploying AI systems in production environments.
  • Strong understanding of data governance, bias, fairness, and regulatory considerations in AI.
  • Experience in the financial services, RegTech, or compliance domain is a strong plus.
  • Advanced degree (PhD or MSc) in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or a related field.
Benefits
  • Participation in our industry leading share options scheme
  • Private Medical Plan
  • 20 days a year Work From Anywhere policy for all staff
  • Flexible-first working policy
  • Enhanced annual, personal and parental leave schemes.
  • Paid volunteering leave programme
  • Employer recognition and employee assistance programmes

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Hard skills
data scienceartificial intelligencemachine learningprogrammingPythonMLOpsdata governanceknowledge representationreinforcement learningdata pipelines
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcuriosityexperimentationcontinuous learning
Certifications
PhD in Computer ScienceMSc in Data ScienceMSc in AI