Applied Research Engineer

Applied Research EngineerLondon (Hybrid)We''re building a foundational intelligence platform that helps organisations turn fragmented information into durable institutional knowledge. Enabling better reasoning, faster decisions, and preserved context over time.Our initial focus is private capital, where information is complex and decisions are high stakes. Longer term, we''re building core intelligence infrastructure for any information-led industry.This is not a chat interface on top of documents or workflow automation. We''re building the intelligence layer underneath.The RoleAs an Applied Research Engineer, you''ll own the core knowledge and retrieval infrastructure that everything else builds on.You''ll work at the intersection of knowledge representation, information retrieval, and applied NLP, translating research ideas into production systems that reason over real-world, proprietary data.This is a high-ownership role in a small, deeply technical team.What You''ll Work OnDesigning knowledge models and ontologies that preserve semantic meaning and relationshipsBuilding hybrid retrieval systems (graph, structured, sparse, dense) with contextual understanding and re-rankingDeveloping information extraction pipelines for noisy enterprise documentsManaging knowledge quality and evolution (provenance, conflict resolution, schema changes)Turning research into robust, production grade infrastructureWhat We''re Looking ForWe''re especially interested in candidates with ..... full job details .....