AI Integration Engineer - UK or India

Role: AI Integration Engineer - UK or India

Team: Special Projects

Location: Remote working (UK or India based)

Salary UK: up to £60k PA depending on experience, plus equity and benefits

Salary India: up 50 LPA depending on experience, plus generous ESOPs

Hours: Full-Time

Please note that if you are based in India, you will be required to work UK office hours for this role

About Vestd

Vestd is the UK's leading sharetech platform for share schemes and business admin.

Our regulated platform makes light work of all of the most popular and tax-efficient share scheme types, empowering businesses to attract and retain their talent. Our powerful software also helps investors, and helps founders seeking investment.

Vestd was founded by Ifty Nasir, who lives and breathes our mission. Vestd’s big moonshot aim is to see one billion people worldwide invested in the companies they work hard to grow by 2030. We are all about inclusion and fairness for our customers and our team.

Vestd is also a B Corp-certified company, which means we’re committed to balancing profit with purpose. We care about our people, our customers, and the wider world – and we hold ourselves to the highest social and environmental standards.

If you’d like to learn more about Vestd, check out this short video from our founder, Ifty.

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at Vestd 

At Vestd, we prioritise equality, diversity, and inclusion, so we write about it here rather than at the end of the job advertisement. We’re committed to building a respectful, inclusive, and diverse team. Trust is one of our core values; with that comes a commitment to fairness and transparency. We want to be open about our EDI efforts.

Research shows that while men are likely to apply when they meet 60% of a job’s requirements, women and individuals from underrepresented groups often apply only when they meet every criterion. 

We understand the value of transferable skills and the unique perspectives that diversity brings. That’s why we encourage applications from candidates with unique strengths and experiences.

If you need any adjustments or support with your application, please let us know in your application or throughout the process.

Requirements

The role

We are looking for individuals who are not only passionate about our mission but also comfortable and confident using cutting-edge technologies and AI tools to streamline processes, drive innovation, and contribute to the growth of Vestd.

Although AI is not currently part of our offering, we’re looking to pioneer its integration across our product suite, analytics, and internal tools.

As our first AI Integration Specialist, you will identify, build, and integrate AI tools and services throughout the organisation.

As our first AI Integration Engineer, you will identify, build, and integrate AI tools and services throughout the organisation. You’ll be responsible for leveraging open-source and paid AI models, developing standalone microservices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure these new capabilities align with business needs.

The role will be yours to define. You’ll get to experiment with cutting-edge techniques to enhance our core application and data infrastructure and create sophisticated internal tools.

You will work within the Special Projects team, a strategic project management function within the business, reporting directly to the board. You will be finding out what doesn’t work and what does, and trial, error, and experimentation will be central to the role.

The primary responsibilities of this role

• AI Tool & Microservice Development

1. Evaluate and integrate third-party AI platforms and APIs as needed
2. Build or customise-driven modules for internal team use and integration in the production platform. Some example projects likely to be prioritised early on are:
• Document scanning and text recognition
• Table recognition and analysis
• Summarising legal documents
• Knowledgebase chatbots
  

• Architecture & Infrastructure

1. Design, develop, and deploy robust AI solutions on AWS, ensuring scalability and security
2. Set up and manage EC2 instances, virtual GPUs, and related cloud services
   

• Full Stack Development

1. Develop basic GUIs for internal team use, managing end-to-end workflows—from data ingestion and processing to user-facing features
2. While our core platform is built on PHP (Laravel), these AI services will be standalone; knowledge of Laravel is a plus but not required
   

• Documentation & Continuous Improvement

1. Maintain clear documentation on AI models, integrations, and processes
2. Keep up-to-date with AI technical research, general trends, and tools to drive continuous innovation
   

• Technical Leadership

1. Serve as the internal AI expert, helping the team shape the organisation’s AI strategy and best practices
   

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

1. Work with senior business leaders to define and implement the business’s broader strategy for implementing AI in all areas of the business
2. Collaborate with Product, Analytics, and Support teams to understand requirements and recommend AI-driven solutions
3. Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Essential elements for this role

These are the skills and qualifications we consider essential for this role: 

• 3–5 years of software development experience, focusing on AI or machine learning
• Demonstrable experience building AI or ML applications (e.g. computer vision, NLP, recommender systems)
• Strong understanding of the AWS ecosystem (Lambda, S3, AI/ML services, etc.)
• Ability to build full-stack applications from scratch, including data handling and basic front-end interfaces
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) are essential
• Proven ability to motivate, influence, and align cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Impeccable attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• You must be comfortable with working in a fully remote environment

Nice to have

These will help you stand out from the pack:

• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (PHP/Laravel is a plus but not required)
• Startup/scaleup experience
• Knowledge of shares and share schemes
• Experience working in a remote team

Culture fit

What makes Vestd folk collaborative, adaptable, and eager to grow?

• Thrives in a startup environment, ready to tackle diverse challenges with enthusiasm
• Adaptable - open to taking on responsibilities beyond the defined role as needed
• Passionate about contributing to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Embraces technology to improve processes and drive efficiency

Benefits

What you can expect

Our culture is our backbone (BreatheHR named us one of the ‘Top 3 Companies in the UK for Company Culture’), and we take team happiness seriously.

Vestd strives to be as principled as possible. We’re all about Goal 8 of the United Nations ‘Sustainable Development Goals. This goal is about ‘Decent work and economic growth,’ and we consider it both with our external activities and internal workings.

We’ll do everything we can to help you grow in your role. In return, you’ll want to learn all about our industry and do all you can to help us continue leading it.

Vestd is 100% remote, so in return for your commitment, diligence, and productivity, you’ll have a lot of autonomy during your working day. Some roles demand office hours (to fit our customers’ schedules), but we are committed to offering flexibility where possible.

Happy employees make for happy customers, as demonstrated in our five-star reviews. Vestd’s excellence has also been recognised by The Europas, The Fintech Awards London, The Hustle Awards, TechRound, and BusinessCloud’s Fintech50. See more about our awards here.

This could be the perfect opportunity if you’re an autonomous, self-driven individual passionate about contributing to a meaningful mission and value being part of a supportive, close-knit team.

Why work at Vestd?

Vestd is a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it - take a look at the award-winning suite of benefits that you can look forward to as one of our folk:

• This job is fully remote, although attendance is required twice yearly at our in-person get-togethers
• A flexible environment to help you achieve the best work/life balance
• Equity or ESOPs, of course! (After the qualifying period)
• Monthly recognition scheme, where we celebrate our folk
• Support with home working equipment
• A personal training and development budget to keep your career and professional growth on track
• Private medical insurance with Aviva (after the qualifying period) - UK (alternative option for India)
• Team retreats are held twice a year. They can include an overnight stay and focus on fun and team cohesion
• Great team ethos, connect through regular team and company socials.
• 25 days annual leave plus one extra day per year of service (up to five days)
• Employer contribution pension scheme (after the qualifying period) - UK

We’re looking for somebody with initiative who can focus on the business and their personal growth path. This is a great time to join our team, and it would be a superb role for the right person.

Our application process

We are accepting rolling applications for this role with no fixed end date - if you are interested in joining the Vestd folk, please apply when you can. We will respond to every applicant, but we may only screen some candidates depending on the number of applications received.

Our recruitment pipeline has a few stages, giving you plenty of opportunities to learn about Vestd as we take the time to find someone who is the best fit for the role. We aim to complete the selection process as efficiently as possible, and we are committed to making our candidate experience as inclusive as we can, so please get in touch with us if you require any information or support during the application process or need to ask for any adjustments. 

A typical selection process might be:

• Apply online
• 20-minute screening call
• 45-minute interview with the hiring manager and team member
• Task-based assignment
• 45-minute team cultural interview
• 45-minute interview with the CEO

We are excited to receive your application.

When a role is filled, we will let all the applicants know.

This job is remote; you must be based primarily in the UK or India and eligible to work in the country.