R&D Engineer

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Luminance, the pioneer of Legal-Grade™ AI for enterprise. Backed by internationally renowned VCs and named in both the Forbes AI 50 list of ‘Most Promising Private AI Companies in the World’ and Inc. 5000’s ‘Fastest Growing Companies in America’, Luminance is disrupting the legal profession around the globe. Luminance’s team of R&D Engineers are responsible for designing and developing Luminance's AI platform, providing Luminance’s core AI technology to application within our software architecture. This role is open to both graduates with a willingness to learn the desired skills, as well as more senior candidates with proven, prior experience in them. If you are excited about this role but your skill or experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Luminance we are dedicated to building and promoting an inclusive workplace where everyone can flourish. You might just be who we’re looking for, for this role or another – enthusiasm is by far the most important requirement for any applicant to Luminance! Desired Skills Experience in the development of large-scale python codebases Familiarity with the python ecosystem: both the standard library and popular open source libraries such as Flask, Requests, NumPy or PyTorch Understanding of software development best practices and architecture, particularly of web-hosted platforms composed of applications with underlying services Ability to provide, or desire to develop, leadership: either of technical direction or of teams of people Desire to learn new things and capability to do so quickly Drive and enthusiasm to see projects through to completion Bachelor's or Master's degree with a First or 2:1, preferably in a technical subject