Apollo Research - Backend Software Engineer (Research team)
Requirements
• You must have experience writing production-quality python code • We value candidates from diverse backgrounds and recognise that candidates may demonstrate their skills in different ways. • For example, we might be impressed if you have: • Led the development of a successful software tool or product over an extended period (e.g. 1 year or more) • Started and built the tech stack for a company, e.g in a start-up • Worked your way up in a large organisation, repeatedly gaining more responsibility and influencing a large part of the codebase • Authored and/or maintained a popular open-source tool or library • Placed in a prestigious programming competition (IOI, ICPC, etc.) • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience • The following would be a bonus: • Experience working with LLM agents or LLM evaluations • Interest in AI Safety • We want to emphasize that people who feel they don’t fulfill all of these characteristics but think they would be a good fit for the position nonetheless are strongly encouraged to apply. We believe that excellent candidates can come from a variety of backgrounds and are excited to give you opportunities to shine. • Start Date: Target of 2-3 months after the first interview • Time Allocation: Full-time • Location: The office is in London, and the right next to the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) offices. This is an in-person role. In rare situations, we may consider partially remote arrangements on a case-by-case basis. • Work Visas: We can sponsor UK visas
Responsibilities
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on internal tools and libraries for building and running frontier language model evaluations • Lead the development of major features from ideation to implementation • Collaboratively define and shape the software roadmap and priorities • Establish and advocate for good software design practices, codebase health, and coding agent practices • Work closely with researchers to understand what challenges they face • Assist researchers with implementation and debugging of research code • Communicate clearly about technical decisions and tradeoffs
Benefits
• Equity: Explicitly stated as part of the benefits package. • PTO: Explicitly stated as a benefit with unlimited time off for personal matters and vacation days (15 annual leave days). • Insurance: Explicitly mentioned, including medical insurance coverage up to £20 million per annum indemnity cover from the London market. • Remote work options: Explicitly mentioned that the role can be done remotely.
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