AI Engineer - Investment Management - Up to £100k base
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 (97% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and Saragossa is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2134 Programmers and software development professionals Most likely code | £38,300 | £43,700 | £49,200 | £54,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
You get to build AI that actually matters, inside a firm whose profits go to charity.
This asset manager manages $60 billion in assets and is owned in perpetuity by a philanthropic foundation. There are no outside shareholders, no parent bank, and no pressure to chase short-term targets. The firm has been quietly excellent for decades, and the work you do here ultimately funds good in the world.
The tech team is around 100 people inside a firm of 400. You sit within that team but spend your time embedded with the business, working directly alongside the people who run client and operational functions day to day.
This is not about automating small tasks or tidying up workflows at the edges. You are expected to look at things end to end, think with imagination, and identify where AI can genuinely transform how people work.
You will build lightweight tools and automations, work hands-on with agentic workflows, MCP, prompt engineering and AI-assisted coding, and know when something needs handing off to the wider engineering team rather than solved quickly in isolation.
The conversations you have matter as much as the code you write. You will be working with non-technical people constantly, so the ability to listen, translate and communicate clearly is just as important as your technical ability.
This would be a great step up from a first serious engineering role into somewhere that gives you real autonomy, genuine variety and the space to keep developing.
You will have a solid grounding in software, data and systems, and real fluency with modern AI tools across the stack.
Ready to build something that means more than the bottom line?
Get in touch.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Programmers and software development professionals (SOC 2134) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~399k in sample- Middle half £42,536–76,752
- Median £56,784
- Going rate £54,700
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,300–49,200
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Saragossa holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.