Latest AI Research Scientist Jobs

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Programme Manager (Forward Deployed)

Act as a Programme Manager embedded within a client's technology programme, owning delivery while identifying inefficiencies that can be automated using AI. You'll run programme governance, manage risks and dependencies, and prototype AI workflows to solve real delivery bottlenecks. The role blends hands-on client delivery with innovation to scale solutions through the M-1 platform.

M-1 Intelligence London, United Kingdom £60,000 – £75,000 pa

Remote Permanent

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AI Compiler Engineer

Design and develop AI compiler infrastructure targeting specialised hardware platforms, working across compiler pipelines, optimisation passes, and performance-critical software components. Optimise ML workloads and computational graphs for efficient execution on next-generation AI and edge computing systems. Contribute to compiler technologies using LLVM/MLIR and closely integrated hardware-software stacks.

IC Resources Bristol, Eng, United Kingdom £80,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

Principal Research Scientist - AI Safety

Lead and shape the scientific research agenda for AI safety, focusing on large language models and safety-critical systems. Conduct high-impact research, publish in top-tier venues, and guide red-teaming and evaluation efforts in high-risk domains such as cybersecurity and CBRN. Mentor researchers and position the organisation as a thought leader in responsible AI development.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety

This role involves leading high-impact AI safety research, focusing on red teaming and evaluations for frontier models in high-risk domains such as cybersecurity and national security. The scientist will drive technical research from concept to publication, shape safety strategies, and support real-world deployment of responsible AI systems through collaboration with government and commercial partners.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety Evaluations

Lead the development of advanced AI safety evaluations to assess risks in critical domains like CBRN and cybersecurity. Conduct original research from concept to publication, shape methodological strategy, and collaborate with frontier labs and government stakeholders. Focus on rigorous, scientifically grounded approaches to red-teaming, robustness testing, and evaluation design.

Faculty London, United Kingdom

Permanent

Research Scientist, AI RL and LLMs

This role involves conducting cutting-edge research in reinforcement learning and large language models to advance intelligent systems. You'll co-develop models that enhance memory, task horizon, and general intelligence in vision-language models, with a strong emphasis on open-sourcing code and publishing high-impact research. The position is embedded in NVIDIA's AI research team in Zurich, focusing on long-term breakthroughs in AI.

NVIDIA Switzerland

Research Scientist, AI RL and LLMs

Conduct cutting-edge research in reinforcement learning and large language models to advance general intelligence in AI systems. Collaborate on developing models with enhanced memory and task capabilities, publish high-impact work, and contribute open-source code to ensure reproducibility. Work within a leading AI research team focused on long-term breakthroughs in intelligent machines.

NVIDIA

Alignment Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist

This role involves researching and developing methods to detect misalignment in advanced AI systems, conducting pre- and post-deployment evaluations, and sharing findings with AI companies and governments. You will also contribute to public research and build tools to improve alignment evaluation processes.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

Research Scientist/Engineer - General Decision & Control Agent

This role involves advancing autonomous AI agent systems with a focus on long-term reasoning, memory, self-improvement, and reinforcement learning. The researcher will design scalable memory architectures, develop self-evolving agent capabilities, and contribute to novel research in agentic RL and LLM-based reasoning. Work is conducted in a high-impact research environment with publication and innovation as core goals.

Adecco London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom £100,000 – £180,000 pa

Expression of Interest: Next-generation Agentic Controls and Forensics (Technical Roles)

This role involves developing technical frameworks for agentic incident response, controls, and forensics in advanced AI systems. You'll work on scalable approaches to monitor, detect, and respond to risks from next-generation AI agents, leveraging pre-release access to frontier models and compute resources. The position offers high autonomy, collaboration with global AI experts, and direct influence on AI governance and security policy.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom £65,000 – £145,000 pa

[Expression of Interest] Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment - London

Conduct experimental research on AI safety, focusing on alignment and robustness of advanced systems. Develop and test techniques like AI debate and jailbreak evaluation, contributing to publications and safety policy. Work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary team using machine learning and systems engineering.

Anthropic London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Research Scientist

This role involves conducting original research in AI safety, focusing on interpretability and behavioral analysis of transformer-based large language models. You'll design and run experiments, develop reproducible research tooling in Python with PyTorch, and translate technical findings for government, frontier labs, and national security partners. The position emphasizes scientific rigor, collaboration with senior researchers, and contributing to emerging AI safety standards.

Faculty London, United Kingdom

Permanent

(Senior) Postdoctoral Research Scientist – Generative AI for Biological Design

Develop novel generative AI and closed-loop discovery methods for biological design within a well-funded research group. Focus on advancing AI methodology—such as generative modelling, reinforcement learning, or Bayesian optimisation—with integration into experimental feedback loops. Collaborate across AI and biosciences in a high-performance computing environment with access to automation and national-scale infrastructure.

Earlham Institute Norwich, South East England, United Kingdom £39 – £52 pa

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Research Scientist (Applied LLMs), London

A Research Scientist will focus on applying Large Language Models to drug discovery challenges, developing novel ML techniques and models that integrate with biological and chemical data. The role involves close collaboration with interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers to advance AI-driven drug design. Work includes model development, experimentation, and scaling frameworks for predictive applications in a fast-paced research environment.

Isomorphic Labs London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Research Scientist (Machine Learning), London

A Research Scientist in machine learning will develop novel deep learning models and algorithms to accelerate drug discovery, working in an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. The role involves designing architectures, training models, and applying ML to complex biological and chemical problems, with opportunities to lead projects and mentor others depending on experience.

Isomorphic Labs London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Data Scientist - AI Safety

This role involves building and managing datasets and evaluation systems for AI safety, translating safety policies into actionable data criteria, and creating scalable processes for data collection, labelling, and model assessment. The Data Scientist will work across policy, research, and engineering to ensure models are evaluated using real-world data and robust quality standards. A strong focus is placed on developing reproducible pipelines and operationalising safety frameworks in a fast-moving AI environment.

ElevenLabs London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

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Staff Research Scientist, Reinforce Learning

This role involves developing and advancing AI systems for autonomous driving, focusing on areas like world modeling, reinforcement learning, and spatial intelligence. You'll work on cutting-edge research and development, contributing to the creation of safe and efficient autonomous vehicles.

Wayve London, United Kingdom