Backend Engineer (Monitoring)

Join our new AGI safety monitoring team and help transform complex AI research into practical tools that reduce risks from AI. As a Backend Engineer, you'll work closely with our CEO, monitoring engineers and Evals team software engineers to build tools that make AI agent safety accessible at scale.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building production backend systems at scale
• Strong Python proficiency with experience in frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs with clear documentation
• Solid understanding of database design and optimization (SQL and/or NoSQL)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience building data-intensive applications or processing large-scale log data
• Strong understanding of system design principles, including scalability, reliability, and security
• Experience with asynchronous processing, message queues, and distributed systems
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, well-tested, maintainable code

Benefits

• Salary: 100k - 180k GBP (~135k - 245k USD)
• Flexible work hours and schedule
• Unlimited vacation
• Unlimited sick leave
• Lunch, dinner, and snacks are provided for all employees on workdays
• Paid work trips, including staff retreats, business trips, and relevant conferences
• A yearly $1,000 (USD) professional development budget