Research engineer
You’d research robotics, computer vision, and multimodal data, then ship working prototypes into Encord’s product.
- London, 4 days a week
- Full time
- Robotics and vision
- Pay not listed
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“Encord wants this research in the product. You’d prototype the agent workflows and data-curation methods. Then you’d work with the machine-learning and product engineers to put a working version in the product.”
Who it suits
A good fit
- like forming a hypothesis and testing it on a customer’s real data problem
- want a prototype to become part of the product
Think twice
- want a serving or infrastructure job rather than a research job
- don’t want 4 days a week in the London office
- don’t want to work from a customer’s unsolved problem
What you’d do
- Design experiments on open problems from robotics and AI customers.
- Prototype agent workflows that take multimodal inputs and a customer’s own labels.
- Advance data curation and model evaluation, including egocentric video.
- Build a prototype end to end, then work with machine-learning systems and product engineering to put it in the platform.
What they ask for
- You have a PhD in computer vision, machine learning, or a related field, or equivalent applied research experience.
- You have a strong background in computer vision and multimodal models.
- You can show independent research, such as publications, a thesis, open-source work, or applied research you owned.
- You have strong Python and PyTorch skills and have run experiments end to end.
How it works
- The London office is 4 days a week. The posting does not list pay.
What to know about this job
Open 3 weeks
- Week 3This job has been open this long
- Week 9Half of London AI engineer jobs have closed
In November 2026, Encord has 2 open jobs in London for research and machine learning engineers.
The product builder, 46% of London AI engineer jobs
- 46%The product builder (this job). You research data curation, annotation, evaluation, and agent workflows, including egocentric video, and you bring a working prototype into the product.
- 25%The platform builder. Builds the systems that train, serve and monitor models so they run fast and reliably at scale.
- 23%The model builder. Trains and fine-tunes their own models, such as recommendations, vision or fraud, and ships them into the product.
Shares of open AI engineer jobs in London.
Most new London AI engineers weren’t AI engineers before
- 71% of people who became AI engineers in London weren’t AI engineers in their last job.
- 47% of them came from a startup or scale-up.
Encord doesn’t list pay for this job
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What London AI engineers earnWorth asking the hiring team
- “What counts as equivalent applied research experience if you don’t have a PhD?”
- “Which problems are research, and which are expected to ship this quarter?”
Jack’s take on Encord
- Revenue from physical AI customers grew 10 times in the year ending February 2026
- Total funding reached $110M with its Series C
- Cofounder and co-CEO Ulrik Stig Hansen said the team was close to 200 in June 2026
- Its two cofounders are the co-CEOs
- An in-person place that moves without a playbook
- Based in London, San Francisco and New York
- Founded 2021
- 39 open jobs
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Jack & Jill isn’t Encord’s recruiter. We summarized this job from Encord’s public careers page, where you can apply. We check whether it’s still open each time you open this page. The market numbers come from our London AI engineer guide and the company facts from Encord’s page. We last checked this summary against the posting on November 9, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.