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Research Scientist, Machine Learning

Diffractive Labs • London, UK

Salary
£76k – £76k
Posted
10 September 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Diffractive Labs is hiring a Research Scientist, Machine Learning in London, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £76k – £76k. Diffractive Labs holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

What We're Looking For We are looking for a Research Scientist to develop new methods in modelling, reasoning, and experiment automation that power our AI-driven material discovery engine. You will own the research direction for problems in this space: designing experiments, evaluating new approaches, and working with engineers to scale what works onto real materials science problems. You will be joining a small, highly ambitious team of world-renowned engineers, AI researchers, and materials s…
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  • Employer: Diffractive Labs — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £76k – £76k
  • How this salary compares: about 90% above the £40,227 median across 738 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: London, UK · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 61 other live scientific & qa roles in London — browse them
  • Posted: 10 September 2026
  • How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.
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Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.

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