Founding Research Engineer — AI Safety & Frontier Models
$150k - $230kTriage
Triage is seeking a Founding Research Engineer in San Francisco to drive research for AI safety. You'll handle adversarial research, build training data infrastructure, and work on delivering effective detection systems. The role requires strong experience in LLM post-training and the ability to publish impactful research. With a competitive salary of $150K–$230K plus equity, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to AI alignment and security. #J-18808-Ljbffr Triage
$174k - $253k
Google DeepMind is seeking a Research-focused Software Engineer in San Francisco to drive novel research and implement solutions in artificial... ...proficiency in Python. This role involves measuring risks from frontier AI models, with a competitive salary range between $174,000 and...Suggested$174k - $253k
Research Engineer, Frontier Safety Risk Assessment, DeepMind DeepMind - Locations: San Francisco, CA, USA; London, UK; New York... ...experience in deep learning or with large foundation models. Experience designing and implementing AI experiments and systems using Python....Suggested- ...the data layer for AI-native healthcare... ...data companies, and frontier biotech teams to... ...preclinical datasets for model training,... ...the Role As an RL Engineer at BioStack, you will... ..., and biomedical research tasks. We’re looking... ...closely with the founding team. You might...SuggestedContract work
$160k - $250k
Join to apply for the Founding Research Engineer role at Adam Join to apply for the Founding Research Engineer role at Adam This... ...research team at Adam. At Adam, we’re tackling a frontier problem: training AI models to intelligently interpret and edit parametric CAD...SuggestedFull time$150k - $230k
Triage is an applied research lab building adaptive security and safety alignment infrastructure for AI systems: defending against... ...the Role We're hiring a Founding Research Engineer to drive the research agenda... ...we characterize in frontier models become the basis for per...SuggestedFull time- Google is seeking a Research Engineer for DeepMind in San Francisco, CA. This role involves measuring and mitigating risks from frontier AI models and requires expertise in deep learning and Python programming. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree and have extensive...
- ...the next generation of AI systems? We're partnering... ...with an innovative AI research organization that is... ...capabilities of Large Language Models and intelligent systems... ...researchers and engineers to explore new ideas, develop... ..., reliability, safety, and performance improvements...
- Research Engineer - World Models - Onsite, Downtown San Francisco Hiring for a stealth frontier AI lab building real-time AI gaming companions. Think AI squadmates that can learn, plan, understand game worlds, and play side-by-side with humans. Looking for someone research...
- About the team The Frontier Evals & Environments team builds north star model environments to drive progress... ...steer our training, safety, and launch decisions.... ...We seek exceptional research engineers that can push the... ...the whole spectrum of AI capabilities measurement...
$275k - $315k
...Company, we believe the future of AI and high-performance... ...AMD. We are partnering with researchers, engineers, and organizations who share... ...optimize machine learning. As a Founding Research Engineer focused on... ...Develop reward models and the training infrastructure...Full timeWork at officeRelocation package- ...workflows by training AI agents that operate legacy... .... Founders RamAIn was founded by Shourya Vir Jain (... ...in ARR. Vansh is an AI researcher who worked at CMU on scalable... ...pipelines, multimodal models, or a related field.... ...founders to push the frontier of computer-use agents...
$320k
...interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to... ...group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and... .... About the Team The Frontier Red Team (FRT) is a... ...researching and ensuring safety with self‑improving,... ...will be the year where models reach expert‑level,...Work at officeRelocationVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours- ...serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content... ...best for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate...Full timeWork at officeRemote workFlexible hours
$225k - $400k
A pioneering AI research firm is seeking a Founding Machine Learning Research Engineer in San Francisco to develop innovative AI systems for real-time voice agents. This... ...include conducting research on LLMs, model prototyping, and bridging research with production...$224k - $336k
Staff / Principal Engineer, Technical Mitigations Research Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San... ...‑dense, high‑agency AI safety team at Lila that will engage... ...organization (science, model training, lab integration... ...s workflows, integrating frontier‑class language models with...$350k
A leading AI research company is looking for research engineers to drive safety methods for their models, focusing on misuse detection and model protection. Candidates should have a background in AI or ML, with skills in Python and project management. The position offers...Work at officeVisa sponsorship$350k
Mirendil is seeking research engineers in San Francisco to build the post-training stack for frontier reasoning models. You will engage in designing experiments and iterating on reinforcement... ...scalable infrastructure for large-scale AI research. The position offers a base...$250k
...define the future of multimodal AI. You will be at the forefront... ...at the heart of our world‑modeling efforts. This role offers the chance to bridge frontier research with magical, shipped products... ...involves both the “science” and “engineering” of research—two aspects we view...- Acceler8 Talent is hiring a Research Engineer in San Francisco to develop innovative real-time AI gaming companions. The role focuses on creating AI that can learn and... ...humans, leveraging recent advancements in world models and machine learning. The ideal candidate will...
$315k
Dormont Manufacturing Co is located in San Francisco, California, seeking candidates for a role focused on language model training and evaluation. Ideal candidates should hold a Bachelor’s degree and possess familiarity with performance optimization and large scale data...Work at office$275k - $315k
SF Tensor in San Francisco is hiring a Founding Research Engineer focused on AI-driven compilation. You will develop reinforcement learning systems that optimize compiler decisions, design feedback loops, and run experiments. Ideal candidates have a strong background in...$310k - $380k
...About the team The Frontier Evals team builds north star model evaluations to drive progress... ...to steer our training, safety, and launch decisions.... ...are seeking exceptional research engineers that can push the boundaries... ...who will help shape AI evaluations of financial...Work at officeLocal areaRelocation packageFlexible hours$155k - $269k
...Description Job Description Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the... ..., and efficient simulation. As a Research Engineer in the World Models team, you will develop algorithms and... ...evolution, synthesize realistic safety-critical scenarios, and provide rich...Full timeWork at officeWork from homeFlexible hours- ML/AI Research Engineer — Agentic AI Lab (Founding Team) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation... ...optimization of agent‑native AI models. You'll work at the intersection of... ...instincts around explainability, safety, and continuous improvement Enjoy...Full time
$320k
...interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be... ...growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business... ...agentic behavior, knowledge, safety properties — and produce visualizations... ...leadership use to monitor model health during training,...Work at officeRemote workVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours- BioStack is seeking a Reinforcement Learning Engineer for a 6-month contract in San Francisco. The... ...learning systems for healthcare AI, with responsibilities including evaluating clinical datasets and creating model-ready environments. The ideal candidate has...Contract work
$310k
Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Model Behavior job at OpenAI. San Francisco, CA. About the Team Model behavior... ...taste and intuition for classical AI alignment challenges. In this role... ...tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to...$166k - $225k
...world’s best data and AI platform so our customers... ...to develop AI models and systems using their... ...Job Description As a research engineer on the Scaling team, you... ...advancing the scientific frontier by creating new techniques... ...the globe and was founded by the original creators...Worldwide$200k - $350k
...’re partnering with a frontier AI startup We’re working... ...that’s redefining how models learn to understand subjective... ..., and quality. The founding team is small, highly... ...the intersection of research, product, and... ...Machine Learning Research Engineer , you’ll own end-to-end...- A leading AI research company in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Research Engineer to enhance the efficiency of large language models. In this role, you will develop and implement advanced techniques to optimize model performance in production. Ideal candidates will hold...Remote work
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