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# AI Engineering Lead, LLMs & Lab Data Platform

- **Company:** United States Digital Space LLC
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Infrastructure, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Production Code
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815175411-ai-engineering-lead-llms--lab-data-platform

## About the Role

The role requires five or more years of software engineering experience, direct experience deploying LLMs or agentic systems at scale, strong Python skills, and a track record of designing systems others build on.
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## Description

Substrate is building autonomous wet-lab infrastructure in London and is hiring an AI engineering lead as the first engineering hire for the intelligence software product. You will write production code, shape the architecture, and influence how the team that comes after you is built.

The role requires five or more years of software engineering experience, direct experience deploying LLMs or agentic systems at scale, strong Python skills, and a track record of designing systems others build on.


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