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LLM Safety Research Engineer

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Dynamo AI in San Francisco seeks a research‑driven ML engineer focused on LLM safety to own a dedicated vertical, exploring a specific safety domain or use case from defense or red‑team perspectives.

You will generate high‑quality synthetic data, train LLMs, benchmark rigorously, and deliver robust production code, while co‑authoring papers and presentations with the research team to advance safe and responsible AI adoption.

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Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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