Senior Software Engineer (Safety)

We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then weve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here.

We dont chase hype cycles. We innovate build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government finance retail energy life sciences and defence.

Our business and reputation is growing fast and were always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology.

AI is an epoch-defining technology join a company where youll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications and to make them happen.

Our National Security and AI Safety business unit is dedicated to advancing the responsible development and deployment of AI in support of national security and global stability. From strengthening mission-critical capabilities across national security and intelligence to working with frontier labs to provide robust AI safety red teaming and evaluation we work at the frontier of high-stakes high-impact missions.

We understand that powerful AI systems bring both transformative opportunities and complex risks and we are proud to partner with Government and the biggest tech organisations in the world to ensure AI is not just transformative but is also secure trustworthy and safe for all.

As a Senior Software Engineer well look to you to lead development and deployment of cutting-edge AI systems for our diverse clients. Youll design build and deploy scalable production-grade ML software and infrastructure that meets rigorous operational and ethical standards.

You will lead the bridge between AI research and real-world impact by architecting scalable production-grade machine learning systems. Partnering directly with clients and cross-functional teams you will drive technical strategy mentor teams on best practices and collaborate with Frontier Labs to define and reinforce our industry leadership in practical high-stakes AI safety.

• Leading technical scoping and architectural decisions for high-impact ML systems and capability testing of Frontier AI models

• Designing and building production-grade ML software tools and scalable infrastructure

• Defining and implementing best practices and standards for deploying machine learning at scale across the business

• Collaborating with engineers data scientists product managers and commercial teams to solve critical client challenges and leverage opportunities

• Acting as a trusted technical advisor to customers and partners translating complex concepts into actionable strategies

• Mentoring and developing junior engineers actively shaping our teams engineering culture and technical depth

• You have significant experience building and deploying secure and scalable LLM applications and are comfortable with multi-agent harness tooling and AI Safety evaluation procedures.

• You understand the full ML lifecycle and are confident operationalising models built with frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch

• You bring deep expertise in software engineering and strong Python skills focusing on building robust reusable systems

• You have demonstrable hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) specifically cloud architecture infrastructure management and end-to-end cybersecurity practices

• Youve extensive experience working with container and orchestration tools such at Docker & Kubernetes to build and manage applications at scale

• You thrive in fast-paced high-growth environments demonstrating ownership and autonomy in driving projects to completion

• You communicate exceptionally well confidently guiding both technical teams and senior non-technical stakeholders

1. Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)

2. Pair Programming Interview (90 minutes)

3. System Design Interview (90 minutes)

4. Commercial Interview (60 minutes)

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We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work relevant to the world in which we live. Were united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds ethnicities genders religions and sexual orientations.

If you dont feel you meet all the requirements but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths please dont hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role or other roles. We are open to conversations about part-time hours.

A note on AI: were happy for you to use it for research and interview prep but please dont use it to generate answers during live interviews. We also use an AI note-taker (Metaview) in interviews so interviewers can stay present (which you can opt out of just let us know) and every application is reviewed by a human never decided by AI.

Required Experience:

Senior IC