decagon - Senior Research Engineer

London, UK, United Kingdom£200k - £300k/year+ Equity5mo ago

In Office Senior EMEA Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer Senior Researcher Python

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or research. • Prior experience post-training and deploying LLMs in production environments. • Fluency in Python and modern ML tooling (training, evaluation, data pipelines) • Track record of taking research ideas from prototype → reliable, measurable production impact • Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office to keep you at your best

Responsibilities

• Lead research and engineering efforts to improve core conversational capabilities in production, including instruction following, retrieval, memory, and long-horizon task completion. • Build and iterate on end-to-end models and pipelines that optimize for quality, efficiency, and user experience. • Partner with platform and product engineers to integrate new models into production systems. • Break down ambiguous research ideas into clear, iterative milestones and roadmaps.

Benefits

• £200K – £300K + Offers Equity • We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees: • Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave) • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family • Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension) • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot • Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best • These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon’s policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.