Junior Software Engineer

Salary: £50,000
Bonus: Discretionary
Location: Kings Cross, London (Tuesdays-Thursdays - 3 days in our office, Monday + Friday - anywhere)
Employment Type: 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential for extension or conversion to a permanent role - full time

About ARIA

ARIA is a new kind of R&D funding agency. We fund scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of the possible. From climate change to AI, society faces enormous challenges and opportunities that can be uniquely addressed by science and technology. ARIA was created to activate the UK’s world-class R&D in new ways, so we can meet these head on.

We are growing our team to develop bold new approaches that can scale – from programmes to systems, processes and everything in between. If that sounds fun, come and build ARIA with us.

Learn more about how we work here.

Role Summary

To accelerate ARIA’s transition toward frontier operations by replacing or restructuring manual, bottlenecked processes with AI-driven solutions (i.e., workflow automation & AI integration). 

This role will act as the technical engine for ARIA’s workflow transformations, turning high-level blueprints into functional digital tools that increase the agency's operational bandwidth. This role will focus on building and integrating the bespoke software and automations that enable the organisation to coordinate, operate, and scale multiple breakthrough research projects.

Our Tech Stack includes the following: