LLM Engineer

Company DescriptionXapien is one of the brightest and most exciting tech companies to appear over the last few years. The AI-powered automated research platform is redefining background research and gaining critical success from clients.Every business in the world, in every sector, needs to know who they are engaging with and Xapien helps them answer that question – quickly and accurately. We use deep Natural Language Processing, AI and huge scale cloud infrastructure to automate human research.We locate, collect, read, distil and assimilate hundreds of thousands of fragments of information – allowing us to understand a person or company like a human would.We deliver daily insight to major financial institutions, industry regulators, charities and commercial organisations – and the potential market for the solution is enormous.Founded in 2018 by experts in national intelligence and anti-money laundering, Xapien aims to revolutionise business due diligence with its AI-driven technology. Since securing Series A funding, our team has grown to 50, and we've achieved notable recognitions, including ranking 33rd globally in Chartis Research’s FCC50 and winning the Entity Management award.Job DescriptionIf you are a Python expert interesting in revolutionising our AI powered product, the LLM Engineer role is an ideal fit. You'll be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge API implementations that use powerful language models like GPT and Cohere.This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate closely with a talented team of engineers and researchers. You'll contribute to building scalable and efficient systems that power our AI applications. As our company grows, so will your responsibilities, providing ample room for career advancement and exposure to the latest technologies in the field.If you're a collaborative problem-solver with a strong foundation in Python and a keen interest in AI, join us in revolutionising the way organisations carry out due diligence.Core responsibilities: • Build user-friendly RESTful APIs that make LLM capabilities accessible to other parts of our application. • Fine-tune our APIs for speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. • Work closely with our team to ensure our LLM models integrate seamlessly with the rest of our application. • Stay ahead of the curve by keeping up with the latest developments in LLM technology. • Write clean, well-structured code that’s easy to understand and maintain.Technology you will use / learn: • Python • Go• LLMs (GPT, Cohere)• Vector databases• AWSQualifications: • Python in an LLM environment - We use Python for developing LLM models to build RAG pipelines. You will bring a strong understanding of Python syntax and data structures. Additionally, you'll demonstrate experience with Python libraries for data manipulation. Ideally you'll have 3-5 years of experience with Python. • Building REST APIs - You’ll create REST APIs to serve as the interface between our LLMs such as GPT and Cohere, and other components of our application. • Code quality - You demonstrate awareness of best practices and coding standards and understand software design principles and patterns in LLM applications. • Communication and collaboration - Our teams are cross-functional, and span Product, Engineering, Research, Sales, Customer Success, and Customer Support, to ensure alignment across the business.Additional information: • Equity in the business in the form of shares – You will own a meaningful part of the business through our employee shares & equity programme