Overview

You’ll be joining our team of nine as a senior ML engineer. This role grants you a significant degree of autonomy and influence over the development and direction of the platform and product. We’re building a SaaS product that will allow materials engineers to leverage cutting-edge AI in their work.

Responsibilities

• Optimising efficiency and robustness of Polaron’s existing algorithms for material characterisation, exploration, and optimisation.
• Adapting cutting-edge machine learning methods for material science applications.

Requirements

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Math, Physics, or similar – or equivalent work experience (PhD in STEM subject desirable).
• 2+ years experience writing production-level code for computer vision-based applications with Python ML libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Proficiency with version control and cloud computing (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Enthusiasm for complex problem solving.
• Strong technical communication skills, including the ability to clearly disseminate new ideas and ML concepts to the rest of the team.

Technologies We Use

• Machine Learning: Python/PyTorch
• CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions
• Frontend/Backend: TypeScript with React/Next.js and Express/Prisma
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform (AWS)
• Database: PostgreSQL

Salary

• £85,000-130,000 depending on experience.

Interview Structure

• Initial Video Call (20 mins): Discuss your experience and interest in the role with a member of the team.
• Technical Pairing Exercise (1.5 hrs): Collaborative coding session via video call followed by some technical reasoning problems.
• Paid Trial Day: If selected as one of our top candidates, this is a chance to spend the day in our office collaborating with the team on a real engineering task.

Work Environment

We are a largely office-based company, with typically 4 days a week in the office and 1 day WFH. However, we operate flexible working policies, so depending on a candidate's individual needs, we can discuss an arrangement that works for you.

Benefits

• 25 holidays a year + 2 “festive leave” days
• Competitive equity in a fast-growing company
• Gym membership
• East London office @ Shoreditch Exchange Hoxton
• Free barista coffee!