AI and Automation Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Work with stakeholders across Operations, Finance and Technology to identify, prioritise and scope AI and automation use cases
• ▹Maintain and manage the AI use-case register: intake, prioritisation, status tracking and outcomes measurement
• ▹Drive adoption of deployed AI tools (Claude Enterprise and equivalents): structured rollout, training and usage measurement
• ▹Stay current on enterprise LLM and AI tooling developments and advise the Data and AI Lead
• ▹Design and build production-grade automations using Power Automate, Python and API integrations across payments, FX, treasury and internal operations
• ▹Build and maintain automated workflows and AI pipelines with human-in-the-loop controls, escalation paths and audit trails
• ▹Integrate LLM workflows with internal systems and third-party APIs using the Claude API or equivalent enterprise LLM APIs
• ▹Document all automations with clear operational runbooks
• ▹Apply production engineering standards to all AI deployments: secrets management, prompt and model versioning, evaluation datasets, output quality thresholds, observability

Requirements

• ▹Experience with Azure, Power Automate and Python
• ▹Experience integrating the Claude API or equivalent enterprise LLM APIs
• ▹Experience with Microsoft 365 integrations
• ▹Ability to identify automation opportunities together with business stakeholders

What we offer

• ▹Hybrid work at the Portimao office, or fully remote across Portugal

About the company

VFX Financial is one of the UK's fastest-growing fintechs, providing payments, FX and treasury services to complex, multi-jurisdiction organisations. It has six international offices, five regulatory licences, and has deployed Claude Enterprise organisation-wide.