ABOUT US
We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.
We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
- Build GenAI platform components: Develop production-grade services and integrations across LLM gateways, model access patterns, retrieval and RAG, MCP and tool integration, agent-style workflows, evaluation, observability, and guardrails.
- Translate use cases into architecture: Work with engineering, product, data, security, and business stakeholders to turn practical needs into clear technical designs and implementation plans.
- Evaluate technical trade-offs: Compare approaches across GenAI architectures, including hosted versus self-hosted models, gateway technologies, RAG patterns, agent and tool integration, evaluation strategies, and framework versus custom implementation choices.
- Integrate internal systems, data, and tools: Help connect approved data sources, platforms, APIs, models, and enterprise tools into AI-enabled workflows in a secure and maintainable way.
- Operationalize what you build: Design for authentication, authorization, rate limiting, cost tracking, monitoring, fallback, reliability, quality evaluation, and supportability from the start.
- Contribute to team direction: Bring technical depth, challenge assumptions, document decisions, and help shape the platform roadmap through hands-on learning.
- Typically 5-10 years of experience in software engineering, ML engineering, platform engineering, or a similar technical role.
- Hands-on experience building, deploying, or operating production GenAI or AI-enabled systems beyond prototypes and notebooks.
- Strong hands-on experience building with LLMs or GenAI systems, including model access patterns, prompt workflows, application integration, and production operational considerations.
- Experience with LLM gateways, API and service layers, or model routing patterns.
- Practical knowledge of RAG, embeddings, chunking, retrieval quality, grounding, and evaluation.
- Experience integrating AI capabilities with tools, APIs, enterprise systems, or agent-style workflows; MCP experience is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with hosted model APIs, self-hosted models, open-weight models, or traditional ML model deployment patterns.
- Strong Python, API design, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and production engineering fundamentals.
- Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Awareness of security, governance, monitoring, cost control, and quality guardrails needed for enterprise AI systems.
- Experience in regulated or highly governed environments.
- Knowledge of security, risk, and data governance practices.
- Experience with MLOps platforms, feature stores, model registries, or experiment tracking tools.
- Experience operating open-weight models such as vLLM, TGI, or Ollama.
- Experience with LLM observability platforms, ML monitoring, and evaluation pipelines.
- Analytics, data engineering, or applied data science experience.
- Multi-agent or advanced orchestration experience.
What we offer
We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact [email protected] or indicate this in your application.
Please note that this mailbox is not monitored for general recruitment enquiries and should only be used for accessibility or accommodation-related requests (for example related to vision, hearing or neurodiversity).
All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.
Skills Required
- Strong background in AI/ML platforms
- Experience in data science and analytics environments
- Experience with cloud platforms and cloud engineering environments
- Experience with automation technologies
- Containerization experience: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
- Hands-on implementation experience building prototypes and technical integrations
- Proven ability to align teams, influence adoption, and lead change across architecture, security, and data domains
- Ability to analyze technical landscapes and design scalable, maintainable solutions
- Familiarity with architecture, security, and governance standards and compliance processes
- 5+ years in technical roles with exposure to enterprise-scale environments and cross-functional initiatives
- University degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
What We Do
SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. SWIFT also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity








