Head of AI Engineering, Asia
Argyll ScottJob Description
Head of AI Engineering, Asia Location: Hong Kong Regional Scope: Asia We are partnering with a leading Financial Services organisation to appoint a Head of AI Engineering, Asia within its regional Data & AI function. This is a senior technology leadership role responsible for how AI solutions are designed, engineered, deployed and scaled across multiple Asian markets. The position combines strong hands-on technical leadership with team management, architecture ownership and senior stakeholder engagement. Key Responsibilities - Lead the design, engineering and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions, including machine learning, Generative AI, LLM applications, RAG and advanced AI workflows. - Define AI engineering standards, architecture patterns and reusable frameworks that can be deployed across multiple markets. - Lead and develop a regional team of AI Engineers, Solution Architects and Platform Engineers, including senior technical leads managing their own squads. - Provide technical leadership across complex AI implementations and act as a senior escalation point for engineering and architecture decisions. - Drive the productionisation of AI through strong MLOps, LLMOps, CI/CD, monitoring, evaluation and observability practices. - Establish scalable approaches for integrating AI solutions with enterprise platforms, APIs and existing technology environments. - Evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks and orchestration approaches and determine how they should be adopted across the organisation. - Partner closely with senior stakeholders across Technology, Business, Risk, Compliance and Architecture to deliver AI safely within a regulated environment. - Drive engineering productivity through AI-assisted software development, reusable assets and modern development tooling. - Ensure security, responsible AI, data privacy and governance controls are embedded into AI platforms and solutions from design through to production. Requirements - Significant experience across AI/ML, software engineering or AI engineering, with a strong track record leading engineering teams. - Demonstrable experience delivering Generative AI / LLM solutions into enterprise production environments. - Strong knowledge of modern AI engineering technologies including Python, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD, vector databases, RAG, LLM APIs, evaluation and observability tooling. - Strong understanding of MLOps and LLMOps, including model monitoring, automated evaluation, tracing, guardrails and production reliability. - Experience designing enterprise AI platforms, engineering standards, reference architectures or production operating models. - Strong solution architecture and systems integration experience, including APIs and complex enterprise environments. - Experience working within a large, regulated Financial Services environment would be highly advantageous. - Proven ability to combine technical credibility with senior stakeholder communication and influence. - Experience leading regional or multi-market technology teams would be beneficial. Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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