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You will scope and prototype rapidly, validate with the business, and ship production-grade solutions spanning automation, workflow orchestration, and client-facing tooling - using AI-native tooling across the entire lifecycle, from design and testing through to documentation. You will build on platforms such as Microsoft (Copilot, Cowork, Studio, Foundry) then work with engineering and the broader AI platform team to generalize what you learn into reusable platform capabilities.\nThe successful candidate combines strong business understanding across asset management with genuine software-engineering depth and daily fluency in AI-native development tools. You will be equally comfortable distilling an ambiguous business problem, writing production code, and teaching a team to use AI effectively and responsibly.\nThe Opportunity\nApply cutting-edge AI to complex professional settings and retail and banking, developing deep expertise with leading LLMs.\nBuild intimate domain expertise in how our users so that solutions fit the real workflow.\nBecome a core, trusted AI advisor to our stakeholders, driving adoption, value, and growth.\nOptimise processes for scale by defining and continually enhancing the internal workflows that shape and improve how we work.\nOwn problems in ambiguity, operating with autonomy in fast-moving, unstructured environments - quickly distilling complex problems, learning on the fly, and driving to actionable solutions across customer and product needs.\nKey Responsibilities\n Solution design & delivery\nUnderstand the business problem first, then leverage AI tools to accelerate solution design, building analytics and modelling solutions grounded in domain expertise.\nPartner with Business stakeholders, and architects to design, prototype, and deliver AI-powered solutions spanning automation, workflow orchestration, and client-facing tooling.\nRun tasks end-to-end, from scoping and prototyping through to deployment, using AI-native tooling throughout - not just for coding, but across design, testing, and documentation.\nWrite production code that deploys through our pipelines and meets our engineering standards.\nBuild custom integrations, workflow automations, and domain-specific solutions on top of Barings AI platform, including connectors to business data sources and document management systems.\nPrototype fast, validate with the business, iterate, and ship.\nForward-deployed engagement\nOwn the technical relationship with the business team throughout each engagement.\nSupport the delivery of investment, client & operational workflows, identify high-value AI use cases, and build proofs of concept that demonstrate measurable impact.\nReturn from engagements and work with engineering and product to generalize reusable patterns into platform capabilities.\nParticipate in architecture discussions alongside core engineering.\nEnablement & training\nDeliver hands-on training, office hours, demos, and documentation that teach effective and responsible use of AI tooling - including prompting practices, workflow integration, and limitations.\nPlatform contribution & feedback loop\nBuild and contribute to AI platform architecture standards, including prompt-engineering patterns, agentic workflow design, and LLM integration guidelines.\nCollaborate with the wider technology and AI Platform teams to specify the dependencies analytical solutions require, such as data, development environments, and tooling.\nCollect, structure, and synthesize user feedback, pain points, and feature requests, translating them into clear requirements and prioritized recommendations for the AI Platform team.\nIdentify patterns across teams to surface high-impact opportunities, quantify potential impact, and highlight use cases with broader applicability across the wider AI organization.\nResponsible AI, risk & control\nChampion responsible AI usage, ensuring deployments adhere to firm policies on data security, model governance, and compliance.\nDemonstrate conformance to all Barings Enterprise Risk Management policies.\nEnsure all development activities are undertaken within the defined control environment.\nQualifications\n Required Skills & Experience\nSoftware engineering experience with demonstrable, recent use of AI-native development tools as a core part of your daily workflow.\nDaily proficiency with AI coding tools such as Claude or GitHub Copilot.\nHands-on LLM integration experience.\nWorking knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol), REST APIs, and microservices architecture.\nCloud platform experience.\nExperience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar.\nStrong analytical skills - the ability to understand a business problem first, then apply AI tools to accelerate solution design.\nStrong business understanding across asset management, with relevant domain expertise across investments, operations, data, and workflows.\nInitiative and ownership, with a track record of running tasks end-to-end with autonomy.\nPreferred\nExperience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Cowork, and Copilot Studio.\nFamiliarity with prompt-engineering patterns and agentic workflow design.\nExperience building connectors to document management systems and enterprise data sources.\nExperience delivering enablement - training, office hours, and documentation - to non-technical audiences.\nAt Aplin - together with our brands CompuStaff, Impact Recruitment, and Vantix Systems - we connect great people with great organizations across North America. We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We use AI tools to assist in a fair and efficient matching process, helping our recruiters connect the right people with the right opportunities. To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits. Our recruitment services are always free for job seekers. 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