Job Description
Senior AI Research Engineer (LLMs / AI Systems) | London | £200K–£300K
We’re hiring a Senior AI Research Engineer to work on large-scale AI systems deployed in production.
The role sits between research and engineering, focusing on improving the models and systems behind AI agents. Work includes instruction following, long-context reasoning, retrieval, and multi-step task execution.
What You’ll Do
* Improve core capabilities such as instruction following, retrieval, contextual memory, and long-horizon tasks
* Build and iterate on model training, evaluation, and orchestration pipelines
* Develop end-to-end systems that run reliably at scale
* Take research ideas from prototype to deployed systems
* Work closely with engineers to ship models into production
What We’re Looking For
* 5+ years in AI/ML engineering or applied research
* Experience training, fine-tuning, or deploying LLMs in production
* Strong Python and familiarity with modern ML tooling (PyTorch, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks)
* Track record of turning research work into production systems
Compensation & Benefits
* £200K - £300K base
* Health coverage
* Flexible vacation
* Daily meals and office perks
Apply: dana@durlstonpartners.com