AI Research Engineer: LLMs, Graph RAG, Python

European Tech Recruit; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Software Research Engineer (Graduate to experienced) for an on-site role in Edinburgh. You will translate AI research concepts into prototypes and scalable services, spanning graph retrieval, agent memory, and long-horizon planning.

You will design pipelines, experiment with GraphRAG concepts, contribute to open-source work, and collaborate with international researchers to ship platform capabilities from research discoveries.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Mathematics or a related quantitative field.
• Experience as a software engineer in research-driven, production, or advanced prototyping settings.
• Hands-on with retrieval mechanisms, information retrieval pipelines, or search infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python, Docker, Git, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: TDD, clean architecture, automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Bridge abstract AI/retrieval research with production-grade software architecture.
• Design and implement knowledge retrieval and agentic AI systems, including GraphRAG with late interactions and context compression.
• Build state management, memory layers, and goal-tracking for long-horizon agent reasoning.
• Contribute to core internal engineering pipelines: data prep, modeling, scaling, deployment support.
• Collaborate with international research groups to turn algorithmic discoveries into platform capabilities.
• Participate in open-source development and maintain high engineering standards.

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science/AI/Mathematics

Tools

Python

Docker

Git

CI/CD

Job description

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Software Research Engineer (Graduate to experienced) for an on-site role in Edinburgh. You will translate AI research concepts into prototypes and scalable services, spanning graph retrieval, agent memory, and long-horizon planning.

You will design pipelines, experiment with GraphRAG concepts, contribute to open-source work, and collaborate with international researchers to ship platform capabilities from research discoveries.