Backend Software Engineer (Research team)

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Backend Software Engineer (Research team)

Apollo ResearchLondon, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

4 months ago

AI safety & policy

Full-time

Salary

100k - 200k GBP

Routes to impact

Direct high impact on an important cause

Skill-building & building career capital

Description

Apollo Research is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build tools for frontier AGI safety research, focusing on developing and maintaining evaluation libraries and monitoring systems for large language models.

Rapidly prototype and iterate on internal tools for language model evaluations, collaborating closely with researchers.
Lead development of major features, shape the software roadmap, and advocate for strong software design practices.
Work on impactful projects such as automated evaluation pipelines, orchestration tools, telemetry APIs, and data warehousing for AI safety research.
Enjoy a competitive salary (£100k–£200k), equity, unlimited vacation and sick leave, flexible hours, meals, and a professional development budget.

UK visa sponsorship is available for qualified candidates.

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