SWE Fellow - Human Frontier Collective (UK)
About the role
Fully remote 1099 independent contractor opportunity (approx. six months, potential extension) to design, evaluate, and interpret advanced generative AI systems as an HFC Fellow, collaborating with AI labs and Scale’s research team.
Responsibilities
- Collaborative Work: Design complex, domain-specific problems and datasets to rigorously evaluate AI models and provide expert insights to improve accuracy, reasoning, and performance.
- HFC Community: Join a supportive, interdisciplinary network of innovators and thought leaders committed to frontier AI across domains.
- Contribute to Research Publications: Co-author technical reports and research papers with Scale’s research team.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of software engineering or related technical experience, or equivalent academic experience (e.g., PhD, postdoctoral research, or faculty experience in Computer Science or related field)
- Demonstrated coding proficiency and analytical abilities
- Deep expertise in one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, Rust, Swift, JavaScript, or C++
Skills
Benefits
- Flexible schedule: 10–40 hour weeks
- Competitive pay (project-based, varies by project scope, skillset and location)
- Professional development through high-impact projects, advisory roles, and research

About Scale AI
Data-centric infrastructure to accelerate the development of AI
Scale accelerates the development of AI within organizations of any size to deliver critical business insights and operational efficiency. Its data-centric infrastructure platform leverages RLHF (Reinforced Learning with Human Feedback) to help organizations build the strongest AI models that supercharge their business, with customers across industries including Meta, Microsoft, U.S. Army, DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit, Open AI, General Motors, Toyota Research Institute, Brex, Instacart and Flexport.
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