AI hiring · computed from careers-site snapshots; nothing on this page is written by a model. All ranked answers: /banks/leaders
On the public record as of Oct 27, 2026, 9 of the 141 large banks profiled have an open AI posting located in the United Kingdom. Ranked by matching open roles, the top 5 are Barclays (4 open roles), Goldman (3 open roles), Lloyds (3 open roles), JPMorgan (2 open roles) and Barclays US (2 open roles). Barclays's strongest evidence: AI Architecture Lead; AI SRE Lead (Lead AI Platform Engineer); Integrated Financial Crime - Machine Learning Engineer and 1 more (snapshot capped at 12).
141 banks profiled (120 US, 21 non-US) · 9 with matching evidence · ranked answer, not a comparison
Which of the large banks are hiring AI roles in the UK?
| # | Bank | Matching open roles | Role titles | Status | Date | On this site | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barclays | 4 | AI Architecture Lead; AI SRE Lead (Lead AI Platform Engineer); Integrated Financial Crime - Machine Learning Engineer and 1 more (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | Barclays · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 2 | Goldman | 3 | Real Estate Data Science, Vice President; Applied Research - Artificial Intelligence - London - Associate; Risk - AI Model Validation - Associate - Birmingham (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | Goldman · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 3 | Lloyds | 3 | Chief AI Engineer; Head of Engineering (Convo AI); Data & ML Platform Lead | 3 open AI roles | Oct 27, 2026 | Lloyds · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 4 | JPMorgan | 2 | Principal Software Engineer - AI/ML Data Platforms - Executive…; Applied AI ML Data Scientist, Vice President - Payments (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | JPMorgan · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 5 | Barclays US | 2 | Product Owner - AI Products; AI Platform Engineer | 10 open AI roles | Oct 27, 2026 | Barclays US · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 6 | Wells Fargo | 1 | Principal Engineer, AI Engineering (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | Wells Fargo · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 7 | BNY | 1 | Director, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | BNY · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 8 | Amex | 1 | Senior Staff AI Engineering (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | Amex · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
| 9 | HSBC | 1 | Head of Productivity Suite Engineering Lead - AI (snapshot capped at 12) | 12 open AI roles+ | Oct 27, 2026 | HSBC · open AI roles → | Careers site ↗ · Posting ↗ |
Each row quotes one record from careers-site snapshots; the “On this site” link opens the bank's own page or sub-page with every source. Banks absent from the table have nothing matching on the record this site holds.
How is this ranked?
Data: the weekly open-AI-roles sweep (data/banks/open-roles.json): currently open AI-related postings read from each bank's own careers site, capped at 12 per bank; snapshots dated 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-27.
Rule: Postings whose location resolves to the United Kingdom. Score = such postings.
Counts: 9 of 141 profiled banks qualify; 17 distinct sources cited in the table. Data checked 2026-10-27; ranking template updated 2026-10-30.
What are the caveats?
Hiring is evidence of intent, not deployment. The snapshot is a point in time: postings close, and a careers site the sweep cannot read leaves the bank out.
Banks absent from the table have nothing matching on the record this site holds, which is not evidence that they do nothing. Each row links the bank's own page, where every entry carries its sources.
Which bank ranks first?
Barclays PLC leads with 4 open roles: AI Architecture Lead; AI SRE Lead (Lead AI Platform Engineer); Integrated Financial Crime - Machine Learning Engineer and 1 more (snapshot capped at 12). Goldman is second with 3.
How many large banks are hiring AI roles in the UK?
9 of the 141 profiled banks (120 US, 21 non-US groups). Among those listed, 6 are US banks and 3 non-US groups.
What counts, and what does not?
Postings whose location resolves to the United Kingdom. Score = such postings. Source: the weekly open-AI-roles sweep (data/banks/open-roles.json): currently open AI-related postings read from each bank's own careers site, capped at 12 per bank; snapshots dated 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-27.
Is this a measure of capability?
No. Every row is a sourced fact on the public record: what the bank, a regulator, a filing or an independent outlet has put on the record. The page does not rate how well anything works.
When was this checked, and how often does it update?
The data behind the table was last checked on 2026-10-27 (careers-site snapshots). The page recomputes whenever that dataset changes and is republished with the site; it is never edited by hand.
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