# Lead Backend Engineer (Python)

digiLab is a formative AI company with world-leading specialists in uncertainty quantification, applied where the stakes are highest and the margin for error is smallest. Our customers are among the largest and most advanced engineering and science-led organisations in the world, and they're using our technology to tackle some of society's biggest challenges. How do we make fusion energy a commercial reality? Can we drive down the cost of renewable energy and accelerate the transition to a sustainable future? How do we support coral reef restoration, or strengthen Britain's national security? These are just a few of the critical questions our technology is helping to answer. At the heart of our work is the Uncertainty Engine, digiLab's trustworthy and explainable AI platform, enabling our customers to accelerate innovation, reduce risk, and deliver real value through more confident decisions. We are looking for ambitious team members to help shape our pioneering technology and tackle some of the world's most impactful problems. The role The Lead Engineer role is centred on deep expertise in Python and leadership. The core focus is driving the design and development of our backen

- **Id**: 3743480
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/digilab-lead-backend-engineer-python>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Exeter, United Kingdom, Bristol, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T12:14:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T17:28:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
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- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial AI, AI for Science

## Company

- **Id**: 155824
- **Name**: digiLab
- **Domain**: digi-lab.agency
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/digi-lab>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Technologies

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- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Scrum** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **NumPy** — Optional: yes
- **Pandas** — Optional: yes
- **PyTorch** — Optional: yes
- **React.js** — Optional: yes
- **SciPy** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T12:27:16Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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