Senior Platform Engineer, AI/CB Research Systems

Aisi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Security Institute in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior individual contributor to build and maintain the CB team's engineering platforms. You will design core platform components that enable researchers to run experiments and ship results quickly, including LLM-based agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and supporting infrastructure.

You will collaborate with researchers across AI risk and CB domains, own and deliver major engineering projects, write robust production Python, ensure

Qualifications

• Production-grade Python experience with scalable systems.
• Strong infra skills: AWS, Kubernetes, and job scheduling.
• Ability to translate varied research needs into engineering plans.
• Experience owning technical projects as a senior contributor.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core platform components enabling researchers to run experiments.
• Work closely with researchers to translate CB research needs into engineered systems.
• Own significant engineering work from design through implementation and maintenance.
• Write high-quality production code with testing, documentation, and observability.
• Contribute to engineering standards and practices within the team.
• Collaborate across teams to share tooling and avoid duplication.
• Mentor others through technical leadership without formal line management.

Skills

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenAI APIs

Research collaboration

Communication

Tools

Slurm

PyTorch

Job description

AI Security Institute in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior individual contributor to build and maintain the CB team's engineering platforms. You will design core platform components that enable researchers to run experiments and ship results quickly, including LLM-based agent systems, evaluation frameworks, and supporting infrastructure.

You will collaborate with researchers across AI risk and CB domains, own and deliver major engineering projects, write robust production Python, ensure