Senior Software Engineer 2 - 18 month FTC, Oxfida
£80-110k
We develop advanced AI capabilities to tackle risk across increasingly complex systems.
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We develop advanced AI capabilities to tackle risk across increasingly complex systems.
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£80-110k
21-100 employees
Company mission
On a Mission to harness AI to understand, predict, and manage risk, helping build a safer, more resilient society.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of commercial software experience
- A degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or another relevant STEM discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Familiarity with our core stack, with strong experience in at least two of: Python, TypeScript, relational databases, APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Kubeflow, AWS
- Strong core software engineering and DevOps skills, including CI/CD, version control, containerisation, and cloud deployment
- A solid grasp of engineering best practice, producing clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Comfort with code review, giving clear, actionable, constructive feedback to others
- Proven effectiveness in a remote-first, iterative agile environment
- Experience working across the full lifecycle, from experimentation and prototyping through to integration and operationalisation
- Ability to work effectively in technically complex, ambiguous environments involving multiple stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, including explaining technical issues and trade-offs clearly to non-specialists
Desirable
- Experience architecting complex distributed software systems for cloud environments
- Experience deploying ML, AI, or data-driven systems into production or near-production settings
- Prior Technical Lead or line management experience
What the job involves
- You'll work across the Lab's broader project portfolio, including our Pricing Engine and other Lab initiatives, building the software and infrastructure that turns research and product ideas into things that actually run. It's a senior, hands-on engineering role with real scope to lead technically and, where it makes sense, take on line management
- Contribute directly to the development, testing, and maintenance of Lab projects, products, and initiatives
- Build robust, maintainable, and operationally sound software and infrastructure using our core stack: React, TypeScript, Material UI, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS
- Work with ML engineers, ML scientists, product managers, and external project partners to understand technical requirements, constraints, and delivery priorities
- Support other engineers through code review, pair programming, and mentoring, and champion engineering best practice across the Lab
- Troubleshoot technical, data, and integration issues arising during development and deployment
- Drive improvements to internal tooling, engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and deployment practices across the Lab
- Communicate technical trade-offs, risks, and progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Step into a Technical Lead role when needed, leading a team of engineers to deliver against agreed timescales
- Take on Line Management duties when needed, including regular syncs, mentoring, pastoral care, and an annual review cycle
Our take
Founded in partnership with Japanese-founded insurance company Aioi Nissay Dowa, AIOI R&D Lab is an R&D company researching the applications of AI within the insurance and risk analysis industry.
AIOI R&D Lab collaborates with professors, researchers, graduates, and Oxford University spinout companies to help build a safer and more resilient society. It does this through pioneering research into emerging risks that affect the insurance and risk analysis market, such as the supply chain, nature, and self-driving vehicles. It focusses on technologies such as agentic AI, complex system modelling and quantum technologies and their potential uses within this space.
The applications of AIOI R&D’s research are manifold. Its partnership with one of the world’s leading insurance companies provides unparalleled scope and scale for the small team’s research. With this kind of support, and AI’s high suitability as a predictive model in risk and insurance, it’ll be exciting to see what grows out of this well-backed R&D venture.
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Company
Company benefits
- Annual Leave - minimum 25 days + bank holidays
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension Scheme
- Health Cash Plan
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
People progressing
From PhD intern to Director of AI Delivery — Bernardo grew his career and our team.
Harriet joined Mind Foundry as a Project Manager in 2020. She's now Head of Project Management at the Aioi R&D Lab, continuing to grow her team here!
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