Machine Learning Software Engineer, Francis Crick
£48.6-55.9k
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Biomedical research institute
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Biomedical research institute
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£48.6-55.9k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To discover without boundaries.
Role
Who you are
- If you have experience with large language models, especially the implementation of tools and services, this could be the perfect opportunity to take your skills to the next level in a highly interdisciplinary and impactful environment
- Strong command of Python and related frameworks and libraries with good experience of at least one other language (C++, Java, Julia, R, Matlab, JS frameworks)
- Excellent understanding of machine learning theory and related mathematical principles
- Practical MLOps experience of training and tuning deep learning models and evaluating performance (e.g working with PyTorch to build deep learning pipelines)
- Experience with large language models including; RAG, prompt engineering, and finetuning techniques as well as model API integration
- Experience across a range of deployment environments including public cloud and high-performance computing clusters
- Practical experience creating user-friendly interfaces for applied machine learning applications
What the job involves
- Reports to: Amy Strange
- The Software Engineering and AI department within the Francis Crick Institute is responsible for delivering science-based technology services to the Crick
- This role will report to the Head of Software Engineering and AI, and will play leading role in the support and development of scientific research projects, as well as developing and supporting operational applications
- This Software Engineering role will provide you with the opportunity to work across multiple science labs at the Crick, working on a broad diversity of projects each of them bringing their own unique challenges across a wide range of data modalities (imaging, omics, clinical etc) and research questions
- You will be joining a thriving and busy team, working with multidisciplinary research groups developing software and AI based tools and services for the advancement of scientific discovery
- Collaboration is key to the Crick and to this role; you will have a chance to collaborate directly with scientists, other science technology platforms, and a well-established enterprise IT group
- In addition access to an extended network through further informal information sharing events and meetups with both academic and industry collaborators across the London knowledge quarter, will provide excellent development opportunities
- Design and develop high-quality, maintainable software to meet project needs and deadlines (including the interpretation of project requirements and technical specifications across multiple research and operational domains)
- Collaborating effectively with internal and external partners, building solid working relationships
- Peer review and testing – Work closely with colleagues to maintain quality standards and provide code reviews
- Help establish the feasibility of technical proposals – by developing prototypes and experimenting with new technology/methods
- Ensure the security of software and applications - by developing in accordance with established security principles
Application process
- Closing Date: 06/Jul/2025 23.59 GMT
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Francis Crick Institute was founded in 2015 through the merger of the MRC's National Institute for Medical Research and CRUK's London Research Institute. Its mission is to push the boundaries of our understanding of how life works, and it is the largest single-site biomedical research institute in Europe.
One of the Institute's strengths is its ability to collaborate extensively with external research groups, boasting partnerships in more than 90 countries. These collaborations, however, pose data protection challenges due to the need to transfer vast amounts of sensitive information across borders. The Institute has addressed this by developing its own Trusted Research Environment toolkit, which allows remote teams to share data securely and compliantly in the cloud.
The institute secured £1 billion in funding back in 2022, and is maximising its effectiveness through the BRIDGE network and investments in AI and machine learning. A notable example is Google’s subsidiary DeepMind establishing a research lab within the institute to enhance biology and genomics research.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2022
$1.3bn
GRANT
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- 28 days of holiday each year, plus three additional days (usually taken over Christmas) and bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme, with the Crick contributing between 3% - 16% of salary
- Life assurance
- Season ticket/car parking loan
- Annual leave purchase
- Childcare support allowance
- Back-up dependent care
- Discounted annual gym membership
- Bike to Work scheme
- Payroll giving
- Shopping discounts
Company HQ
Somers Town, London, UK
Leadership
Paul Nurse
(CEO)The first Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute. Was previously President of Rockefeller University in New York. In 2001 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine as part of a team that discovered the role of protein molecules that control the duplication of cells.
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