Software Engineer - ML/AI
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
18-03-2025
Job Specifications
About us
We are a London-based startup transforming how financial professionals access and use data. We are building a system of intelligence empowered by AI-driven automation and analytics: a category-defining product that supercharges users to extract knowledge and put it to work.
Backed by top international venture funds and a stellar group of angel investors, we are a team of technologists and founders with experience building AI products (@Advent International) and scaling unicorns (@Scalapay).
We are currently looking for rock stars to join our core team. Together, we will build Desia from the ground up and establish it as the global leader in financial intelligence.
How we work
These are the values at the core of Desia:
Openness and transparency. We're committed to building a transparent company where vision and strategy are shared openly. We believe in clear performance reviews and a culture encouraging feedback from all levels.
Ownership. Our team structure is horizontal, promoting autonomy and ownership in every role. Each team member owns their domain and is empowered to lead and make decisions.
Creativity and innovation. We recognize that great ideas can originate from anyone. We actively encourage and listen to innovative ideas from the entire team.
User-centric. Our users are at the heart of everything we do. From concept to launch, every decision is made with the user in mind. We build our products to solve real problems, constantly measure our impact, and learn from user feedback to iterate and improve.
Diversity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We believe that embracing diverse thoughts and perspectives is what keeps us at the forefront of innovation.
Desia operates remote-first, with the team working in GMT +/- 2 hours for synchronization. Our London team works from the office 2 to 3 days per week.
Your responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled and product-minded Software Developer with good track record in AI and ML development. In this role, you will be responsible for building, fine-tuning, and optimizing AI models, working with agentic workflows, IR and RAG systems. You will collaborate closely with leadership and users to shape the product and drive AI innovation.
Your responsibilities will include:
Implementing and refining agentic workflows to enhance AI decision-making.
Strong understanding of agentic workflows and autonomous AI systems
Deploying these systems into production with scale and fault tolerance in mind.
Build APIs to serve these models using FastAPI.
Working within a small, dynamic team that promotes maximum autonomy and encourages rapid innovation.
Collaborating across various functions to identify business needs and customizing AI solutions to meet these requirements.
Enhancing AI models and infrastructure for better performance, scalability, and accuracy.
Integrating Hugging Face open-source models using PyTorch and optimize them for our use cases.
Keeping up-to-date with the latest AI technologies and techniques to drive continuous innovation.
Believe in the philosophy of self-managed teams and the DevOps mindset, which asserts "if you build it, you run it".
Must-have skills
Solid computer science and engineering skills. We believe Machine learning and AI skills are layers on top of other core developer skills, so being a good software engineer is the main key.
Solid expertise in Python, writing clean and efficient code.
Experienced with foundational Language Models (SLM / LLMs) in production environments.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
You should be able to cooperate with other engineers, e.g., with the front-end engineer for user experience, and with the product designer for user requests and roadmap.
Nice-to-have skills
Good understanding of data modeling for search/retrieval and reranking.
Worked with Encoder based transformer models in production, such as BERT based models.
Experience with traditional search platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch, Opensearch, Solr).
Qualifications
Holding a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field or possessing similar practical experience.
A minimum of 2 years experience in Python, with a strong foundation in machine learning principles.
Compensation and benefits
Salary depending on experience and skills (£50K - £75K)
Performance bonuses
Stock options and retirement plan
About the Company
Desia is the system of intelligence providing advanced AI applications for productivity, automation and analytics for financial services. Get in touch at info@desia.ai Know more
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