Applied Research Engineer

Applied Research Engineer / Cutting-Edge AI Startup / LondonA highly ambitious AI startup is looking for an exceptional Applied Research Engineer to join its lean founding team and help build technology that could define a new category.This is a rare chance to get genuinely early working directly with a deeply technical founding team, shaping architecture and taking ideas from research → prototype → production.You’ll tackle challenging problems across NLP, information retrieval, search and intelligent systems, working on problems where there’s no obvious playbook.What you'll doBuild cutting-edge AI systems for complex informationDevelop new approaches to search, retrieval and information processingTurn research into production-ready technologyInfluence architecture and technical direction from day oneOwn problems end-to-end with significant autonomyWhat they're looking forExperience in NLP, search, information retrieval or AI researchExcellent software engineering fundamentalsStrong academics and evidence of technical excellenceExperience building and shipping real systemsFirst-principles thinkers who thrive on difficult problemsCuriosity about emerging AI and comfort with ambiguityWhy join?Join a lean, highly technical founding team at the start of the journeyWork with cutting-edge AI and shape the technology from the ground upSignificant ownership and influence over architecture and research directionCombine research with hands-on engineeringFlexible London workingApplied Research Engineer / Cutting-Edge AI Startup / London