Graduate Software Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading startup derived from Cambridge University seeks a Graduate Software Engineer to contribute to their Python LLM evaluation library. This high-impact role involves engaging with the community, contributing to technical roadmaps, and ensuring the platform meets security standards, all within a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary, bonus, and share options

Company issued laptop

Flexible/remote work environment

Travel allowance for meet-ups

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, AI.
• Strong knowledge of Python programming.
• Knowledge of software development best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Python open-source evaluation library.
• Engage with community through GitHub to foster platform adoption.
• Ensure platform security and performance standards.

Skills

Python

Software Development Life Cycle

Open Source Contribution

Community Engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Machine Learning Frameworks

Data Analysis Platforms

Job description

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We are Trismik, an early-stage startup spinning out of Cambridge University developing adversarial tests for Large Language Models (LLMs).Our mission is to provide the fastest and most accurate testing environment to add the highest value to AI engineers wishing to deploy AI applications using LLMs. We do this to help companies and researchers to push forward the SoTA in Artificial Intelligence and to achieve the best possible chance of a human-aligned AGI.

We are looking for an early career Graduate Software Engineer to help us build our Python LLM evaluation library, working closely with the Engineering and Science teams. We open to hiring remotely in the UK.

As one of our first hires this is a high-impact and high-ownership role. We believe this is an unique and exciting opportunity where you will need to influence our software roadmap, you will have a strong say in how our technical and product roadmap evolves, and you will engage with our users and customers to foster platform adoption.

Key job responsibilities

As one of our first hires, you will work closely with the CTO, and you will be required to lead the development of our open source Python tools, and to engage and grow our community. The ideal candidate is someone with passion for software an AI; ideally, you should have previous experience with LLMs, contributed to open source projects, and/or show a strong track record of personal software projects. Your duties will include:

• Own the development of our Python open source evaluation library;
• Engage with the community through GitHub and/or other channels, squashing the bugs they find or writing documentation to foster adoption of our platform;
• Work closely with the Engineering and the Science team to implement features and metrics;
• Ensure our platform meets security and performance standards;
• Write high-quality, well-tested code following best practices.
• Contribute to technical roadmap and strategic planning.

You will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, able to think big and be creative while paying careful attention to detail and will enjoy a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (graduating autumn 2025 or already obtained) in Computer Science, AI, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering and best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence.
• Very strong knowledge of Python.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of any machine learning framework (e.g. Torch, huggingface, …) and/or data analysis platform (e.g. Pandas).
• Past experience with open source projects.
• Past experience in community engagement projects.
• Familiarity with Scrum/Agile software development practices.

Our Offer

• Competitive salary, bonus, and share options in our startup;
• Company issued laptop;
• Flexible/remote work environment. We are based in Cambridge/London but open to outstanding remote work candidates based in the UK or EU. We offer travel allowance to enable meet ups.