Senior Software Engineer - AI Team

Job Description

At ieso everyone is committed to the same goal: transformingthe way mental health problems are treated worldwide.As one of the UKs largest and most trusted providers of digital mental healthcare, the work we do already changes lives every single day. But our mental healthcare revolution is just getting started. Were building the next generation in digital mentalhealth interventions and plan to use them to positively impact 100 million lives over the next 5 years.We have a 170-strong team and a health and wellbeing package to support you each and every day, plus plenty of opportunity for growth and development as we all strive to achieve our collective ambition. ieso is one of those rare places where anyone fromanywhere with any background or experience is free to come and do their very best work. We believe in the diversity of thought, as thats what helps us to help our patients.We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work with our AI team, handling software development work in support of research projects. The software will cover the whole gamut from one-off data management scripts, reliable back-end services (includingwrapped machine learning models), to simple native and web-based front ends. Youll get to work with data pipelines, help productionise machine learning models, and build cutting-edge solutions to solve problems that have plagued humanity since pre-history.Responsibilities:

• Solve full-stack software engineering problems to facilitate the execution of research projects

• Work with scientists to produce software solutions based on statistical models

• Design and implement software infrastructure required for the development and deployment of research-based software solutions

• Instill good engineering practices, whilst able to work with scientists who may be less rigorous. Have the wisdom to recognise which situations require rigor, and which do not.

• Mentor other research engineers

• Help scientists, who may be less technically skilled, by providing technical advice and support to achieve their research goals

• Support the teams focus on quality of care, good ethics, and respect for data security and protection of privacy.

• Exhibit the behaviours expected within our organisation, and support others in doing the same.

RequirementsEssential:

• Agile thinker, able to work with underspecified requirements
• An interest in working within a research environment
• Proven ability to mentor and support others
• Proven ability to see the bigger picture
• An interest in working with data, understanding AI, and machine learning

• Knowledge of continuous delivery tools and practices
• Experience with a major cloud provider
• Experience with at least one of Python, Java, or Scala

Desirable:

• Experience working in a production ML environment
• Experience delivering software in a research environment
• Experience delivering software in a regulated environment
• Experience with MS Azure

BenefitsWell reward you with a competitive basic salary along with a range of excellent benefits including:

• Up to 5% matched pension contribution
• 25 days holiday per year plus 8 bank holidays, plus 3 extra days for Christmas office closure, and the ability to purchase more
• Death in Service 3x salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme (following successful probation)
• Extensive training and development options
• Five Ways to Thrive Well-being Programme
• Active Sports and Social Clubs (COVID permitting!)
• Flexible benefits package including healthcare cash plan, cycle to work, gym and shopping discounts and much more

ieso is one of those rare places where anyone from anywhere with any background or experience is free to come and do their very best work. We believe in the diversity of thought, as thats what helps us to help our patients. Equity, diversity and inclusionare values that are critical to our success, come and see for yourself!Apply now, everyone will get a response!

Keyskills :
PythonScalamental healthMLOps