Contract Role - AI Research Software Engineer - London/Hybrid - 06 months - Inside IR35 PAYEWe are seeking a skilled AI Research Software Engineer passionate in solving systems challenges to sustainably accelerate our reach to human-level intelligence. Candidates will have an opportunity to make fundamental advances in systems and apply their ideas at an unprecedented scale.Role Overview:* Job Title: AI Research Software Engineer* Location: London/Hybrid (3 days onsite)* Contract Type: Contract * Duration: 06 monthsResponsibilities* Carry out cutting-edge research to advance the science and technology of machine learning systems.* Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to push forward the state of the art in large language models.* Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results.* Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap.* Code deliverables in Tandem with the engineering team.* Publish research results and contribute to research that impacts company product development.Minimum Qualifications* 2+ years of hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, data mining or artificial intelligence* Experience with developing machine learning models at scale, such as programmatically querying LLMs and LLM post-training.* Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks s