Senior Software Engineer Chem-Bio
UK government research organisation that evaluates advanced AI risks and develops and tests mitigations to inform governments.
About AI Security Institute
The AI Security Institute (AISI) is a research organisation within the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It conducts technical research, evaluates leading AI systems, develops risk mitigations, and shares evaluation infrastructure such as Inspect.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will design and deliver shared platform components, LLM agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and research infrastructure. You will translate research needs into maintainable systems, own major engineering projects, improve engineering practices, and mentor engineers through technical leadership.
Requirements
- Python
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Slurm
- OpenAI-compatible API
- PyTorch
- LLM
- Cloud infrastructure
- Container orchestration
- Job scheduling
- Platform engineering
- Production code
- Testing
- Documentation
- Observability
- Technical architecture
- Security clearance
- UK nationality
- UK residency
Responsibilities
- Design and build reliable platform components, LLM agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and supporting infrastructure
- Translate research needs into maintainable engineering systems
- Own significant engineering projects from design through maintenance
- Write scalable and maintainable Python production code
- Improve engineering standards, development workflows, and shared practices
- Collaborate on shared tooling and infrastructure
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technical trade-offs
- Mentor engineers through code review and knowledge sharing
Benefits
- Pre-release access to frontier models and compute
- Learning and development stipend
- Conference and external collaboration funding
- Hybrid working
- Occasional remote work abroad
- Work-from-home equipment stipend
- At least 25 days of annual leave
- 8 public holidays
- Additional team-wide breaks
- 3 volunteering days
- Paid parental leave
- Employer pension contribution
- Cycling, donation, retail, and gym discounts