Machine Learning Research Engineer

Luminance; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminance, a leading UK AI company based in Cambridge, is seeking dedicated individuals to join its R&D team. You will prototype, build and implement new AI approaches, and assess output quality and feasibility against alternative methods in a data-driven way.

The role welcomes graduates and senior candidates with relevant experience, and offers an inclusive workplace where enthusiasm and curiosity are valued as much as credentials.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background in AI or related field.
• Experience with ML frameworks and data-driven approaches.
• Prototyping, building and implementing new AI approaches.
• Ability to evaluate output quality, efficiency, and feasibility of techniques.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and implement new AI approaches within R&D team in Cambridge.
• Evaluate output quality, efficiency, and feasibility against other techniques.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance AI research.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Data science

Software engineering concepts

Machine learning development

NLP / Deep Learning / CV

Commercial/academic ML experience

Education

Strong academic background in Artificial Intelligence or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-Learn

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join market-leading UK AI company, Luminance. Named in Tech Nation’s prestigious Future Fifty list and the recipient of two Queen’s Awards, Luminance is the world’s most advanced AI technology which is disrupting the legal profession.

Luminance is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals with a strong academic background in Artificial Intelligence or a related field to join their R&D team based in Cambridge, UK. Successful candidates will be part of a small, dynamic team responsible for: prototyping, building and implementing new approaches to AI problems; and determining output quality, efficiency, and feasibility compared with other techniques in a data-driven manner.

This role is open to both graduates with a willingness to learn the desired skills, and more senior candidates with proven, prior experience in them.

At Luminance we are dedicated to building and promoting an inclusive workplace where everyone can flourish. You might just be who we’re looking for, for this role or another – enthusiasm is by far the most important requirement for any applicant to Luminance!

Desired Skills

• Strong analytical skills and ability to approach tasks in a scientific manner
• Data science skills, including handling of large data sets, modelling and evaluation
• Good understanding of software engineering concepts, particularly with machine learning development
• Experience with machine learning Python frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow and Scikit-Learn
• For more senior candidates:
• Understanding of, including published work within, related academic fields such as NLP, Computer Vision or Deep Learning
• Relevant industry experience with demonstrable impact in a commercial setting
• Significant practical usage of modern ML areas (NLP, Transformers, LLMs, NER, GANs, Reinforcement Learning, etc.)