Graduate Software Engineer

Find Apprenticeships; Liverpool City Region; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Une startup innovante recherche un ingénieur logiciel diplômé pour rejoindre son équipe dynamique. En tant que première recrue, vous aurez un impact important en développant des outils Python pour des évaluations de modèle de langage. Le poste offre un environnement de travail flexible, avec un salaire compétitif et des options d'équité dans la société.

Benefits

Salaire compétitif

Options de partage

Environnement de travail flexible / à distance

Ordinateur portable fourni par l'entreprise

Allocation de voyage

Qualifications

• Connaissance très forte de Python est essentielle.
• Expérience antérieure avec des projets open-source est un atout.
• Diplôme en Informatique ou domaine équivalent souhaité.

Responsibilities

• Développer notre bibliothèque d'évaluation Python open source.
• Collaborer étroitement avec les équipes d'ingénierie et scientifiques.
• Écrire du code bien testé selon les meilleures pratiques.

Skills

Python

Software Development Best Practices

Community Engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or AI

Tools

Data Analysis Platforms

Machine Learning Frameworks

Job description

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.
• Strong English proficiency.

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.

Location: UK (remote)

Salary: £45K + equity options

Company: Trismik Ltd