Job description
Job details
- Location: The City, Central London
- Work mode: Remote
- Employment type: Full-time (Not an internship)
- Salary: GBP 58,342 per year
Role overview
Turing, a San Francisco-based frontier AI research accelerator, is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Python and FastAPI for a remote position based in Central London. This full-time role offers £58,342 annually and focuses on building scalable backend systems that power advanced AI research and enterprise AI deployments. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies supporting high-quality data pipelines, training infrastructure, and AI agent systems.
Job details
This is a remote, full-time Senior Backend Engineer position located in The City, Central London. The annual salary is £58,342 GBP. You will collaborate with top AI researchers and engineers to accelerate frontier research through robust software engineering, logical reasoning systems, and multimodal AI applications.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend services using Python and FastAPI
- Develop high-performance APIs supporting AI training pipelines and data systems
- Collaborate with AI researchers to implement advanced reasoning and agent systems
- Optimize backend infrastructure for frontier AI research workloads
- Maintain code quality through testing, reviews, and documentation
Requirements
- 4+ years backend engineering experience with Python
- Strong expertise in FastAPI or similar async Python frameworks
- Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
- Knowledge of distributed systems, databases, and cloud platforms
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in research environments
Benefits
- Fully remote work flexibility
- Work on cutting-edge AI research projects
- Collaborate with world-class AI researchers
- Competitive salary package