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Durlston Partners

Senior Research Engineer

CompanyDurlston Partners
LocationLondon Area, United Kingdom
Posted At3/11/2026

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Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified.
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£46,100 (£23.64 per hour)
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Description

Senior AI Research Engineer (LLMs / AI Systems) | London | £200K–£300K


We’re hiring a Senior AI Research Engineer to work on large-scale AI systems deployed in production.

The role sits between research and engineering, focusing on improving the models and systems behind AI agents. Work includes instruction following, long-context reasoning, retrieval, and multi-step task execution.


What You’ll Do

  • Improve core capabilities such as instruction following, retrieval, contextual memory, and long-horizon tasks
  • Build and iterate on model training, evaluation, and orchestration pipelines
  • Develop end-to-end systems that run reliably at scale
  • Take research ideas from prototype to deployed systems
  • Work closely with engineers to ship models into production


What We’re Looking For

  • 5+ years in AI/ML engineering or applied research
  • Experience training, fine-tuning, or deploying LLMs in production
  • Strong Python and familiarity with modern ML tooling (PyTorch, data pipelines, evaluation frameworks)
  • Track record of turning research work into production systems

  • Compensation & Benefits

    • £200K - £300K base
    • Health coverage
    • Flexible vacation
    • Daily meals and office perks


    📩 Apply: dana@durlstonpartners.com