
We set Faculty up in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Our sole purpose is to make it useful to the world. We do that by helping our clients access the most cutting edge AI, and use it to improve the performance of their business. That’s all we’ve ever done. No chasing hype cycles. Just AI. We take it very seriously. We've done a lot of it over the years. We've worked with hundreds of organisations, from right across the economy and right across the globe. We’re very proud of this track record. We feel very privileged to have supported some of the most important organisations in the world, to grapple with the big challenges of our age. We care deeply about the impact of our work. That’s what motivates us above all.

We set Faculty up in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Our sole purpose is to make it useful to the world. We do that by helping our clients access the most cutting edge AI, and use it to improve the performance of their business. That’s all we’ve ever done. No chasing hype cycles. Just AI. We take it very seriously. We've done a lot of it over the years. We've worked with hundreds of organisations, from right across the economy and right across the globe. We’re very proud of this track record. We feel very privileged to have supported some of the most important organisations in the world, to grapple with the big challenges of our age. We care deeply about the impact of our work. That’s what motivates us above all.
Founded: 2014
Headquarters: London
Core offering: Applied AI, decision-intelligence platform (Faculty Frontier) and AI consultancy
Recent notable funding: £30M growth round (May 2021) led by Apax Digital Fund
Bridging gap between data/models and real-world business decisions to enable safe, impactful AI deployments.
2014
Technology, Information and Internet
£30,000,000
Reported as a growth round that brought total investment to nearly £40M at the time.
USD 10,500,000
Series A reported in December 2019; named investors in reporting include LocalGlobe, GMG Ventures and Jaan Tallinn.
“Backed by investors including Apax Digital Fund, LocalGlobe, GMG Ventures LP, and angel investor Jaan Tallinn”
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At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful, and human-centric AI.
Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia, and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you’ll have the chance to work with and learn from some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world.
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer
Location: London - Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Frontier Product
We're actively seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer to drive our cutting-edge product, Frontier. This pivotal role combines deep technical prowess with a customer-centric approach, as you collaborate directly with internal stakeholders across Faculty to implement Frontier.
As we continue to expand our platform's reach, you'll have the unique opportunity to build a scalable AI-focused product while leading the way in best technical practices. In this role, you'll be immersed in hands-on work, tackling complex real-world challenges using state-of-the-art technology.
As a leader within our Frontier Platform team, you'll play a key role in building the product to ensure scalability for seamless deployment to multiple customers. You will leverage your expertise to build robust infrastructure, integrate with operational systems, and evolve our proprietary simulation technology.
The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, coming from different personal, professional, and organisational backgrounds. We all share a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.
Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You’ll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals, and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you’ll learn something new from everyone you meet.