About the Role
Our client, a leading global financial services organisation, is looking for a
hands-on APAC AI Lead Engineer
to drive AI-powered innovation and productivity improvements across its Global Broking business.
This is a business-facing technology role where you will work directly with brokers, trading desks and senior stakeholders to develop practical AI solutions, automate workflows and improve operational efficiency across APAC.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop and deploy
AI-powered applications, intelligent agents and workflow automation solutions
.
Build solutions leveraging
Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents and API integrations
.
Partner with brokers and desk heads to identify opportunities for automation, information retrieval and productivity improvements.
Develop AI tools supporting market information aggregation, research, document processing and front-office workflows.
Develop Voice AI and surveillance solutions
, including cleaning, transcribing and translating voice recordings using multilingual semantic analysis and translation technologies.
Explore
Speech-to-Speech AI, speech recognition and emerging voice-based AI technologies
to enhance front-office workflows.
Build and enhance
Voice Surveillance systems using Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models such as Whisper and AWS Transcribe
, supporting classification, predictive analytics and compliance monitoring.
Lead AI initiatives from proof of concept through to production deployment and adoption.
Collaborate with global AI engineering, technology, architecture, risk and compliance teams to ensure secure and scalable delivery.
Drive AI adoption across APAC and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Skills & Experience
Strong hands-on experience in
AI engineering, software development or technology delivery
, preferably within financial services.
Proven experience building and deploying
LLM-based applications, AI agents, RAG and workflow automation solutions
.
Experience with
Voice AI, Speech-to-Text, ASR, multilingual NLP, speech analytics or voice surveillance technologies
.
Proficiency in
Python, APIs, cloud platforms, Git and CI/CD
.
Familiarity with
Whisper, AWS Transcribe, AWS Bedrock, AWS Quick, Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform or similar AI platforms
would be advantageous.
Understanding of enterprise architecture, security, governance and production deployment.
Ability to engage directly with front-office stakeholders and translate business needs into practical technical solutions.
Exposure to
capital markets, trading environments, communications surveillance or interdealer broking
would be an advantage.
Strong communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
Ideal Background
AI Engineering Lead | Applied AI Engineer | Tech Lead | Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Solutions Architect | Voice AI Engineer | FinTech Engineering Lead
Why Join?
An opportunity to lead high-impact AI initiatives, work directly with front-office business leaders and shape AI adoption across a global capital markets organisation.
Interested?
Share your resume with ************* for further discussion.
KS Consulting
is a boutique executive search firm that specializes in placing mid to senior level professionals into Infrastructure roles across APAC and the Middle East. We have experience in working successfully with start-ups, local conglomerates, MNC’s, international banks and financial services firms. Since incorporation in 2007, the world has dramatically changed and with that we have evolved in order to meet our clients high expectations. As every market, business and hiring requirement is different, our bespoke service means that we always deliver successfully.
Our team has over thirty years of industry experience and we live strongly by our values of loyalty, integrity and service excellence and strive to ensure that the recruitment process is a seamless journey every time for our partners.
Partnership is key with our clients and candidates alike and our length of time in the market, our industry knowledge, networks, experienced team and boutique service ensures we continue to lead. We help our clients and candidates across the Permanent, Contract and Interim markets
KS CONSULTING PTE. LTD.