Applied Research Engineer

Oho Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oho Group in London is seeking an Applied Research Engineer to join its early technical team and help build a new generation of intelligent software. You'll work on NLP, search, information processing and AI, taking ideas from research through to production.

You will influence architecture, turn research ideas into production-ready software, and own problems from idea through implementation in a highly technical startup environment that offers significant autonomy and hands-on engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience in NLP, search, information systems or related research.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Academic excellence evidenced by publications or achievements.
• Experience building and shipping real systems.
• Curiosity around AI and handling complex information.
• First-principles problem solving approach.
• Comfortable in ambiguous, early-stage environments.

Responsibilities

• Build intelligent systems for working with complex information.
• Develop new approaches to search, retrieval and information processing.
• Turn research ideas into production-ready software.
• Influence architecture and technical direction.
• Own problems from idea through implementation.

Skills

NLP

Search

Information processing

Software engineering

Academic excellence

Real systems

Curiosity AI

First-principles

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

Applied Research Engineer / AI Startup / London An ambitious AI company is looking for an exceptional Applied Research Engineer to join its early technical team and build a new generation of intelligent software. You'll work on challenging problems across NLP, search, information processing and AI, taking ideas from research through to production.

What you'll do:

• Build intelligent systems for working with complex information
• Develop new approaches to search, retrieval and information processing
• Turn research ideas into production-ready software
• Influence architecture and technical direction
• Own problems from idea through implementation

What they're looking for:

• Experience in NLP, search, information systems or related research
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Evident academic excellence
• Experience building and shipping real systems
• Curiosity around AI and complex information
• First-principles problem solving
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, early-stage environments

Why join?

Join at an early stage and help shape the product Work alongside a highly technical founding team Significant autonomy and influence Combine research with hands‑on engineering Solve genuinely difficult AI problems Flexible London working Applied Research Engineer / AI Startup / London