Backend Software Engineer
Apollo ResearchLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted December 5, 2025
135000 - 270000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Apollo Research is a company focused on AGI safety research, particularly concerned with risks from Loss of Control.
Job Description
We're looking for Backend Software Engineers who are excited to build tools for frontier AGI safety research. The role involves rapidly prototyping and iterating on internal tools and libraries, leading the development of major features, and collaborating with researchers to understand their challenges.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience writing production-quality python code
- Experience working with LLM agents or LLM evaluations (bonus)
- Infosecurity / cybersecurity experience (bonus)
- Experience working with AWS (bonus)
- Interest in AI Safety (bonus)
Benefits
- Flexible work hours and schedule
- Unlimited vacation
- Unlimited sick leave
- Lunch, dinner, and snacks provided
- Paid work trips, including staff retreats, business trips, and relevant conferences
- $1,000 (USD) professional development budget