About Spotted Zebra
At Spotted Zebra, we're revolutionising how the world's leading organisations build future-ready teams. We're an award-winning Series A company whose Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform combines cutting-edge skills science with responsible AI to help enterprises make better, more objective hiring decisions with confidence every time.
What we do: We're redefining how great teams are built, helping organisations identify, evaluate, and secure the right talent with precision and speed. Our comprehensive platform features AI-powered interview tools, validated blended assessments, and industry-leading skills science that transforms conversations into meaningful insights and empowers data-driven decisions that drive real impact.
The Numbers That Matter
25% faster time to hire
⚡ 20% improved speed to competence
8x return on investment
Who's already on board: Forward-thinking teams at Virgin Media O2, Lidl, Merlin Entertainments, AWE, and Paramount trust us to help them spot the right hire every time and deliver hiring magic.
Why this matters: We're not just another HR tech company. We're solving one of the biggest challenges facing every growing business: finding and hiring exceptional people, fast. Our platform doesn't just assess candidates - it predicts success and empowers talent teams with AI tools they love.
Our Dazzle (that's our team!)
Fun fact: A group of zebras is called a dazzle – and ours truly is dazzling!
We create a culture in which our team thrives and gallops ahead.
As we roam free and empower our dazzle, we gallop ahead on the journey to achieving our goals. We understand this journey will pose challenges along the way, yet we brighten the trail with our positive mindset and encouragement of others. The dazzle continuously moves, gaining knowledge and skills so that we can graze new grounds.
What you'll be doing
As part of our fast-moving and forward-thinking team, you'll play a key role in developing and experimenting with cutting-edge AI solutions that power our platform. You’ll work across disciplines to build prototypes, shape tools, and help deliver production-ready systems. From prompt engineering to AI assurance, you'll be hands-on with the latest technologies, applying both creative thinking and technical rigour to solve real-world challenges.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to build and test AI-driven product features. You’ll design and implement solutions using Generative AI using Evaluation Driven Development, operating on the forefront of best practices in a rapidly evolving industry. A key part of your work will also involve contributing to our AI assurance efforts, helping to ensure that our systems are transparent, ethical, and high-performing.
You will be supported by a team that values curiosity and experimentation, encouraging you to continuously learn, share insights, and evolve your craft as you help shape the future of AI-powered hiring solutions.
Requirements
- Proactive mindset: You're a builder by nature - you’ve worked on your own projects and can show us what you've made.
- Curiosity & critical thinking: You ask "why" and challenge assumptions - especially important in working with AI tools.
- Strong Python skills, including experience with:
- Pandas and other relevant libraries
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Git version control
- Writing clean, PEP-8 compliant code
AI Literacy: Experience building with AI tools and frameworks (e.g. OpenAI, Hugging Face).
Understanding of prompt engineering and the principles of fine-tuning and model evaluation.
Communication skills: Ability to work effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.
Agility: You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable wearing multiple hats.
Academic or personal excellence: Whether through formal education, awards, sports, music, or other achievements, you’ve shown a track record of commitment and success.
A degree in a STEM subject (or equivalent experience): While we don’t usually focus heavily on formal education, this role involves a high degree of technical and scientific reasoning, so a strong academic foundation in a STEM field will really help you hit the ground running.
Benefits
Remote-first work environment
Monthly Data Science meet-ups in London, Manchester, or Birmingham
Opportunity to join our academic outreach programme
Our commitment to diversity & inclusion
At Spotted Zebra, we welcome people of all stripes. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and an inclusive and diverse culture.
We believe that each and every one of us possesses an extraordinary set of skills and abilities, waiting to be discovered, nurtured, and harnessed for the benefit of all.
We are a team. And no matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability, we will empower you to unleash your superpower to help us create a world where everyone is able to utilise their unique blend of skills and abilities to contribute to the greater good.
Everyone is unique and we encourage you to let us know in your application, or share with your recruiter directly, if there is anything we can do to make your interview experience with us more comfortable and positive.
At Spotted Zebra, everyone is welcome. So even if you don't meet all the requirements, we would still love to hear from you. We are always keen to speak with people who are passionate about our mission.
Ready to gallop ahead with us? We're a team that moves fast, thinks big, and isn't afraid to challenge how things have always been done. If you're excited about using AI and skills science to transform how the world hires, apply now and a member of our dazzle will be in touch!
