At Bitfount, our goal is to connect owners of sensitive data with AI model developers and those who need insights from that sensitive data. We are currently focused on applying our platform to the problem of clinical trial recruitment in the healthcare and life sciences space. Our mission is to enable privacy-preserving collaboration between healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies, which will streamline the process of finding patients and ensuring critical medicines make it through trials efficiently.

Longer term, we are building a secure network that allows organizations to send algorithms to data, enabling data owners to share the benefits of their data without compromising privacy or exposing raw data.

Learn more about how we work at bitfount.com/company/careers.

About the Role

Job Title: Software Engineer (Data)

Location: London
Employment Type: Full-time
Location Type: Hybrid
Department: Engineering

Overview

Bitfount is looking for a motivated, experienced Data or Software Engineer to join our team, focusing on our desktop application’s ML capabilities. The application allows users to deploy, use, and build ML models collaboratively while performing data analytics in a privacy-preserving manner. The workload runs on the user’s hardware, presenting unique challenges in flexibility and robustness.

Responsibilities

• Improve our Python-based ML framework capabilities across various hardware and OS configurations.
• Collaborate in a diverse team, participating in discussions and contributing to best practices.
• Ensure high code quality through testing practices and code reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience designing and building ML applications or data pipelines at a tech-forward product company.
• Excellent working knowledge of Python and Python unit testing.
• 3+ years of experience with data pipeline or streaming technologies (e.g., AirFlow, Dask, Spark, Kafka) or ML libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Proven experience with automated testing frameworks and continuous integration pipelines.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, including version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong communication skills to bridge design, product, and engineering.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with developing and deploying applications for Windows desktops or embedded systems.
• Experience with privacy, security, or qualifications in machine learning.

Interview Process

• Getting to know you: 30-minute chat with our Talent Partner.
• Take-home task: Modify and expand upon provided code.
• Technical interview: 60-minute discussion of your take-home task with our Python team.
• Leadership interview: 60-minute chat with our Head of Engineering about your prior accomplishments.
• Offer: 🎉

What We Offer

• Compensation Package:
  • Salary based on experience and market rate.
  • Share options.
• Flexible Work and Tools:
  • Hybrid working policy (1 day in our Shoreditch office).
  • Personal budget for equipment.
• Holidays and Family Time:
  • 25 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays.
  • Enhanced paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Learning and Development:
  • Personal learning budget for books, courses, and conferences.
• Health & Wellbeing:
  • Private Medical Insurance (including optical, dental, and mental health).
  • Cycle to work scheme.
• Community:
  • Culture of authenticity, humility, and excellence.
  • Regular team and company events.
  • Weekly lunch on Bitfount for office-based employees.

Bitfount is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity status, or disability status. All successful applicants will be subject to a DBS reference check in line with industry norms.