Research Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Research Engineer (AI): Pushing the frontiers for Generative AI models in service of education with an accent on complex instruction following, multimodal understanding, and reinforcement learning. Focus on designing evaluations, building agentic systems, and developing advanced reinforcement learning methodologies to tackle complex educational tasks.

Location: Onsite in London, UK

Company

hirify.global is a team of scientists, engineers, and machine learning experts working to advance state-of-the-art AI for public benefit and scientific discovery, with a focus on safety and ethics.

What you will do

• Design and build experiments and systems to rapidly test research hypotheses and demonstrate novel educational applications.
• Design, build, and own end-to-end infrastructure for long-term research in AI for education.
• Implement advanced machine learning methods to advance educational AI capabilities.
• Collaborate closely with research scientists, learning science experts, and product teams to translate research into robust experiments and land impactful research projects in real-world products.

Requirements

• MSc in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exceptional software engineering skills in Python or other programming language(s).
• Background or experience in machine learning, statistics, and/or data science methodologies.
• Passion for building educational technology in a responsible and community-focused manner.

Nice to have

• Experience with reinforcement learning, agentic systems, or user simulation methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in education technology, learning science or other socially impactful applications of technology, such as in healthcare.
• Familiarity with prompting large AI models for structured data generation.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous research questions into functional experimental setups.

Culture & Benefits

• Unique culture and work environment where long-term ambitious research can flourish alongside product development.
• Opportunity to collaborate directly on projects with significant social impact.
• Interdisciplinary team with deep expertise in modern AI models, evaluation with human subjects, product development, and learning science.
• Committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion, or belief.
• Accommodation for disabilities or additional needs.

Hiring process

• Successful application will be conditional on the results of a background check, performed by a third party.