Biosafety Expert

AI Safety Review (Remote, Contract)

This Jobot Consulting Job is hosted by: Augie Ullmann
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Salary: $75 - $100 per hour

A bit about us:

We are partnered with a fast growing AI data services company that builds the training and evaluation data behind many of the world's leading AI labs and foundation model developers. Their work sits where technical expertise meets model safety, bringing in specialists from biology, microbiology, public health, chemistry and radiation science to evaluate how AI systems handle high consequence subject matter. The experts on these projects shape how frontier models reason about pathogens, hazard and public safety, and that reach extends well beyond any single laboratory or containment program. They operate remotely across time zones and build their review teams around people who are already practicing in their field. We are helping them identify biosafety and biosecurity specialists for this engagement.

Why join us?

Competitive Hourly Compensation: Up to $100/hr as an independent contractor, paid hourly
Keep Your Current Role: Structured as supplemental work, not a career move. No requirement to leave your position
100% Remote, Flexible Hours: Set your own schedule and volume across time zones
Direct Impact on Frontier AI Safety: Your judgment shapes how leading models handle chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear subject matter
Work Inside Your Expertise: Technical review and reference writing in the domain you already practice in, not general purpose data work
Credential Respected, Not Retrained: Built for practicing specialists, with project rubrics rather than a long ramp
Growing Engagement: An expanding program with continued need across all four CBRN domains

Job Details

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Review AI generated responses covering biological agents, pathogens, containment, biosafety levels, decontamination, public health and biosecurity topics for technical accuracy, safety framing and guideline alignment
Flag outputs that provide dangerous procedural detail, acquisition guidance, enhancement or weaponization support, unsafe laboratory guidance, containment circumvention, or other misuse enabling content
Create gold standard reference content that answers benign biosafety and public health questions responsibly without introducing operationally dangerous instruction
Evaluate and rank model outputs on safe handling, correct risk framing, appropriate refusals, helpful redirection, scientific accuracy and clarity
Detect hallucinated claims, incorrect risk group or biosafety level assignments, misleading transmission or exposure statements, overconfident conclusions and unsafe recommendations
Apply project rubrics consistently and provide clear written feedback explaining why content is safe, unsafe, incomplete or technically incorrect
Ensure content uses precise microbiological and containment terminology and communicates risk without exaggeration or minimization
Escalate ambiguous, high risk or potentially harmful content for additional review per project guidelines
Contribute across adjacent chemical, radiological and nuclear content where your background supports it

Qualifications Needed

Bachelor's degree or higher in Biology, Microbiology, Public Health, Biosecurity, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Molecular Biology, Environmental Health and Safety or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Minimum 3 years of professional experience in biosafety, biosecurity, microbiology, laboratory safety, public health, infectious disease, hazardous materials or technical review
Experience or strong background in biological risk assessment, containment practice, biosafety levels, exposure and transmission pathways, decontamination and public health communication
Strong background in identifying unsafe instructions, operationally enabling detail, inappropriate specificity, misleading hazard claims and unsupported technical conclusions
Proven ability to evaluate technical content for accuracy, completeness and policy alignment, and to explain that judgment in precise written English
Professional English proficiency at C1 minimum, sufficient to follow written guidelines and produce detailed written feedback
Familiarity with BMBL, NIH Guidelines, Federal Select Agent Program requirements, Institutional Biosafety Committee process, risk group classification or dual use research of concern frameworks preferred
CBSP, RBP or equivalent biosafety credential preferred
Prior experience with AI safety, data annotation, technical QA, policy review, risk assessment, red team review, scientific review or rubric based evaluation strongly preferred
Reliable and self directed, able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly remote contractor workflow
of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia or New Zealand

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