Lead Software Engineer, Faculty
Salary not provided
React
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
TypeScript
GCP
Python
Azure
Senior and Expert level
London
2+ days a week in office
Enabling clients to use cutting edge AI to improve the performance of their business
Open for applications
Enabling clients to use cutting edge AI to improve the performance of their business
201-500 employees
B2BArtificial IntelligenceBig dataMachine Learning
Open for applications
Salary not provided
React
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
TypeScript
GCP
Python
Azure
Senior and Expert level
London
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
B2BArtificial IntelligenceBig dataMachine Learning
Company mission
The safe, widespread adoption of AI.
Role
Who you are
- Exceptional Communication: You have a proven ability to distill complex technical concepts for diverse audiences, from client-side engineers to senior business stakeholders. This is crucial for success
- Pragmatic Leadership: Experience leading complex technical projects and mentoring other engineers, empowering them to do their best work
- Customer-Centric Mindset: A genuine passion for working with customers, understanding their problems, and delivering solutions that provide immediate value
- Full-Stack Proficiency: Strong, hands-on experience in full-stack development, with a deep understanding of system architecture and design
- Core Technologies: Expertise in Python and TypeScript/React
- Infrastructure & Deployment: Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab), Docker, and deploying applications on Kubernetes. Hands on experience deploying scalable applications in one of AWS, Azure or GCP
- Testing & Quality: A demonstrated history of championing automated testing strategies to ensure robust and reliable code
- If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles
What the job involves
- As a Lead Software Engineer in our Customer Development team, you won't just build software - you'll lead the charge in deploying, customising, and scaling our groundbreaking Frontier platform directly with our enterprise clients
- As we continue to expand our platform's reach, you'll have the unique opportunity to build a scalable AI focussed product, remain close to live customer feedback whilst leading the way in technical best practices
- In this role, you'll be immersed leading the deployment of Frontier in complex environments, tackling complex real-world challenges using state-of-the-art technology
- From optimising multinational supply chain logistics to reducing time-to-market for clinical trials and supporting sustainability goals in various industries, Frontier empowers organisations to make informed decisions through AI-driven insights
- At the heart of Decision Intelligence for each customer lies one or more Computational Twins (CT). A CT is a digital representation of an existing business process in which decisions are made. Our platform enables a CT to show historical process performance, model future behaviour and simulate decisions.
- As a Lead Software Engineer in the Customer Development team, you’ll lead the technical delivery of customer-facing projects, guiding a small, cross-functional team
- You’ll collaborate directly with customers and their engineering teams to understand their systems and data, and help integrate Frontier into their workflows
- This often includes extending or adapting our frontend, backend, and infrastructure-as-code components, as well as supporting the creation of Computational Twins that model complex real-world systems
- You’ll play a hands-on role in shaping how Frontier is deployed and scaled in production environments, ensuring it delivers real impact from day one
- Lead Client Engagements: Act as the primary technical authority and partner for our enterprise clients, guiding them from discovery through to successful production deployment
- Mentor Your Squad: Lead and mentor a dedicated, cross-functional squad of engineers, fostering their growth and setting the standard for technical excellence and creative problem-solving
- Architect & Build Solutions: Roll up your sleeves to design, build, and extend components of the Frontier platform (Python, TypeScript, IaC) to meet specific customer challenges and workflows
- Bridge Product and Delivery: Be the crucial link between our customers and our core product teams. Translate customer needs and implementation challenges into actionable feedback and feature requests that shape the future of Frontier
Application process
- Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)
- Pair Programming Interview (90 minutes)
- System Design Interview (90 Minutes)
- Principles Interview (60 minutes)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Foreseeing the AI boom as far back as 2014, Faculty was founded to ensure the technology could be implemented where it was needed most. A European leader in applied AI, Faculty helps its clients accelerate and execute their highest priorities, whether that be new drug development, bringing renewable energy online or defending against terrorist attacks. It works with organisations such as OpenAI and Anthropic to ensure their latest AI models are safe, human-led and explainable.
The PhD-heavy team has delivered long-term impact for important organisations across healthcare, communications and counter-terrorism and has published papers on AI safety alongside leading universities. As a major voice concerning the safe use of artificial intelligence, Faculty's CEO has sat on the government's AI council and was invited to the first-ever AI Safety Summit.
With 10% of the UK's science and maths PhD holders applying for Faculty's talent programme, it remains a major pioneer in the space. It's shaping how we think about and implement AI, and will continue to be a prominent figure in the sector.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Top investors
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2019
$10.5m
SERIES A
Oct 2019
$39.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $52.3m
Company benefits
- Dental cover - 100% of dental fees covered, up to £500, including checkups and hygienist.
- Optical Cover - 100% of the cost of prescribed glasses and contact lenses up to £300 a year.
- Hybrid working: We believe people have needs, responsibilities and interests that require something different to a strict working day. We trust people to organise and take accountability for their own work and do our best to support their lives outside Faculty. We provide you with all you need to work from home, including a laptop, keyboard and chair.
- Unlimited holidays: We encourage each other to use this time to take a break, work on personal projects, or to spend time with their friends and family
- Fantastic private health, for you & your family - including 24/7 unlimited virtual private GP appointments and covering pre-existing medical conditions
- Access to mental health coaching with Sanctus
- Lunch weekly, and more fruit, drinks and snacks than you could ever eat (for office-based employees)
- We work hard and make sure we enjoy what we do. So we have frequent socials and informal get-togethers to help make sure you enjoy your time with us. You’ll make friends and professional connections that will last a lifetime
- Paid Maternity, Paternity, Adoption or Shared Parental Leave - we offer a progressive, gender neutral and generous parental leave policy here at Faculty. All parents are given 15 weeks leave at full pay in addition to statutory time off after 12 months of service.
Company values
- Grow the Best Team - Only hire people you’re convinced will make Faculty better. Take others’ development as seriously as your own. Build strong and collaborative teams
- Do Great Work - Master your craft. Take pride in your work, even when no one is watching. Demand the highest standards from yourself and others. Work hard, but do it sustainably
- Be Humble & Kind - Recognise that you’re always learning, and have something to learn from everyone. Always make the decision that is best for faculty, but treat people kindly as you do it
- Act with Integrity - Have the courage to maintain integrity even when it’s costly to do so. Demand this from others without hesitation
- Seek Truth - Seek the truth over winning the argument. Understand the root cause. Create an atmosphere in which the best idea succeeds, regardless of who or where it comes from.
- Maximise Impact - Care about the impact of your work. Find the thing that is most important to your customer. Design the best solution, not just what’s easiest or fashionable. Get it done fast. Make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Marc Warner
(CEO)Previously a Marie Curie Fellow in Physics at Harvard University, specialising in quantum sensing.
Andrew Brookes
(CTO)Previously a CTO at Hillgate and Vice President at BlackRock.
Angie Ma
(Co-Founder)Previously a Scientific Consultant at Bio Nano Consulting.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Faculty
Angie Ma (Co-Founder)
- AI changes everything, and so must we to make sure our people reflect the real diversity of society. We believe that recruiting talent with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds encourages people to think differently and be more creative
- We welcome difference whether it’s ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability so please be yourself!
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