Job description
Job details
- Location: Covent Garden, Central London
- Work mode: Remote
- Employment type: Full-time (Not an internship)
- Salary: GBP 59,102 per year
Role overview
Turing, a San Francisco-based research accelerator for frontier AI labs, is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Python and FastAPI for a remote position based in Covent Garden, Central London. This senior-level role focuses on building scalable backend systems that power advanced AI research and enterprise deployments. The position offers £59,102 annually and is fully remote, providing an opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and production engineering.
Job details
This is a full-time, remote Senior Backend Engineer role located in Covent Garden, Central London. The salary is £59,102 GBP per year. You will contribute to high-performance training pipelines, data infrastructure, and API services that support frontier AI research across software engineering, logical reasoning, STEM domains, and multimodal AI systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend services using Python and FastAPI
- Develop APIs and data pipelines for frontier AI research systems
- Optimize performance of distributed training infrastructure
- Collaborate with AI researchers to deploy advanced models
- Maintain high-quality code standards and system reliability
Requirements
- 4+ years of backend engineering experience with Python
- Strong expertise in FastAPI or similar async frameworks
- Experience building scalable APIs and microservices
- Knowledge of distributed systems and cloud platforms
- Proven ability to work in remote, collaborative teams
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement
- Competitive salary of £59,102
- Work with frontier AI technology
- Global team collaboration