Backend Engineer (Monitoring)

Apollo Research

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom

Onsite

Full Time

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This Backend Engineer role on Apollo Research's AGI safety monitoring team focuses on building backend infrastructure and data systems that detect safety and security issues in AI coding agents. The position involves designing scalable, low-latency systems for real-time log ingestion, processing, storage, and alerting. The engineer will work closely with the CEO, software engineers, and researchers to turn AI safety research into production-grade tools used both internally and by external partners. The team is small and early-stage, offering substantial influence over technical direction and responsibility growth.

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About Apollo Research

apolloresearch.ai

Apollo Research is an independent AI safety research organization focused on reducing dangerous capabilities in advanced models, with particular emphasis on deceptive or “scheming” behaviors. They design model evaluations and conduct interpretability research to better understand state-of-the-art systems and detect emerging risks. Their governance team also provides technical guidance to global policymakers and stakeholders to help shape safer deployment and oversight as AI systems become more widely integrated.