LLM Research Scientist - Hybrid, Practical AI Apps

RedTech Recruitment Ltd.; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension

Life insurance

Enhanced family support and wellbeing

Job summary

RedTech Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Machine Learning Researcher in Cambridge with a PhD or strong academic background focused on Large Language Models. The role spans research, experimentation and implementation, working with software engineers to bring ideas into real products.

The position emphasises LLMs, AI copilots, enterprise search and workflow automation, with a hybrid office schedule requiring two days per week on site in Cambridge. A competitive package and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• PhD in Machine Learning or a related discipline.
• A strong academic record.
• Experience using PyTorch.
• LLM-focused experience through research, academic projects or commercial work.
• Experience with a range of machine learning techniques.
• Ability to work with software engineers to take ideas from experimentation towards practical implementation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Explore and prototype machine learning solutions, with a focus on LLMs and their practical applications.
• Develop and improve AI applications such as copilots, agents, enterprise search tools and workflow automation.
• Work with company data, APIs and business processes to help turn AI research into useful products.
• Apply techniques including language models, neural networks, statistical methods and classical machine learning where appropriate.
• Collaborate with software development and security analysis teams to test and implement research outcomes.
• Implement models within the wider software stack and optimise them for latency and memory, including on edge devices.
• Work independently on research while contributing to team projects.

Skills

PyTorch

LangChain

LangGraph

AI agents

Enterprise search

Python

Linux

Git

Education

PhD in Machine Learning or related discipline

Tools

Linux

Git

Job description

RedTech Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Machine Learning Researcher in Cambridge with a PhD or strong academic background focused on Large Language Models. The role spans research, experimentation and implementation, working with software engineers to bring ideas into real products.

The position emphasises LLMs, AI copilots, enterprise search and workflow automation, with a hybrid office schedule requiring two days per week on site in Cambridge. A competitive package and benefits are offered.