Research Scientist — Incentive & Alignment Research
The Incentives Lab
Listed free on the Incentives Lab job board — the home for incentive designers, comp architects, and behavioral economists. Listed free on the Incentives Lab job board — the home for incentive designers, comp architects, and behavioral economists. Study how training objectives, reward models, and deployment incentives shape model behaviour. The team publishes regularly and ships findings into RLHF pipelines and evaluation suites. PhD or equivalent in ML / economics / decision theory expected. Posted on the board of The Incentives Lab Become the most interesting person in the room. The Incentives Lab trains the people who design how organisations behave — comp, RewardOps, AI-incentive alignment, behavioural economics. Certification gets you the toolkit. The Consortium gets you the room. #J-18808-Ljbffr The Incentives Lab
- Anthropic in San Francisco is seeking a Research Scientist to join the Alignment team, focusing on keeping frontier AI systems safe, helpful, and honest as capabilities scale. You will design empirical experiments, develop novel alignment methods like RLHF and Constitutional...Suggested
- # Research Scientist, AlignmentAnthropic## Job Description### About the RoleAnthropic is looking for a Research Scientist to join our Alignment team. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that frontier AI systems remain safe, helpful, and honest as capabilities scale...SuggestedWork at officeFlexible hours
- Snorkel AI in San Francisco seeks a Research Scientist to work on reinforcement learning for training and aligning large language models. This foundational role focuses on data, reward signals, and training procedures that steer LLM behavior in reliable directions - a...Suggested
$204k - $259k
...Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling Waymo is an autonomous driving... ...for on-policy learning or alignment with human preferences A consistent... ...discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program...SuggestedFull timeTemporary workRemote work- ...about any form of monitorability, auditing methods, and improving alignment. We were the first to show that chain‑of‑thought monitoring... ..., alignment evaluations, monitoring, and frontier‑risk research. We care most about monitorability where the stakes are high,...SuggestedWork at officeRelocation package3 days per week
- United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a researcher in San Francisco to study model behavior and alignment within the CoT Monitorability team. This position requires strong empirical ML expertise and the ability to conduct experiments influencing oversight and training...Work at officeRelocation package
- Distyl AI is seeking researchers to join our Post-Training team, translating foundation models into enterprise-ready systems. You will work... ...-tuning, preference optimization, and continual adaptation to align models with Distyl’s workflows. You will shape how AI-native operations...
- About the Team The Alignment team at OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that our AI systems are... .... Our work is at the cutting edge of AI research, focusing on developing methodologies... ...Role As a Research Engineer / Research Scientist on the Alignment team, you will be at the...Work at officeRelocation package
$114.2k - $306.6k
...duplicating efforts.*Salesforce Research advances state-of-the-art AI... ...for outstanding AI Research Scientists / Research Engineers.**Our... ...research and engineering goals aligned with strategic initiatives.*... ...Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and...Full time- A non-profit AI research organization based in Berkeley, CA, is looking for experienced research scientists to lead and accelerate AI alignment research. The role allows for publishing findings and engaging with the AI community. Candidates should have a strong background...Remote jobFull time
$169k - $250k
...design and collaboration, join us!The Figma Research team is hiring a top-tier researcher to... ...role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in... ...spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an...Minimum wageFull timeTemporary workLocal areaRemote workFlexible hours$216.3k - $280.8k
...Foundation AI, we are leading frontier AI research across Cisco. Our mission is to advance... ...and direct multi-year research programs aligned with Foundation AI's strategic... ...and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.Individual...Full timeTemporary workLocal areaFlexible hours- We are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video generation towards unlocking... ...overview:We are seeking an exceptional Research Scientist to join our team, focusing on alignment and post-training techniques for large-scale video...Relocation
$216k - $270k
Scale Labs, Research Scientist — Frontier Risk EvaluationsAs the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, Scale plays... ...and debugging, their grasp of research concepts, and their alignment with our organizational culture. We will not ask any LeetCode...Full time$120.7k - $238.6k
The OpportunityAdobe Research is looking for research scientists in Generative AI to join a world-class research team. We welcome outstanding candidates... ...(TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales...Full timeTemporary workLocal areaWorldwide- We are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video... ...:We are seeking an exceptional Research Scientist to join our team, focusing on developing... ...teamWork closely with product teams to align research directions with user needs and...Relocation
- Listed free on the Incentives Lab job board — the home for incentive designers, comp architects, and behavioral economists. Lead the economics... ...how organisations behave — comp, RewardOps, AI-incentive alignment, behavioural economics. Certification gets you the toolkit....
$160k - $220k
...enjoy multi-year runway.About the RoleWe’re looking for an AI Research Scientist to advance the methodological frontier of AI in healthcare.... ...contributions.You will develop and own a research agenda aligned with Sprinter’s company strategy. Your work may include novel...Temporary workWork at officeMonday to FridayMonday to Thursday$234.3k - $349k
...future of work with AI. About the roleAI research at WRITER isn't just about publishing... ...deployments in the world. As an AI research scientist, you'll be at the center of that work.... ...feedback (RLHF), RLAIF, DPO, and emerging alignment techniques — with a focus on improving...Full timeWork at officeLocal area$200k - $400k
...Research Scientist San Francisco, CA About Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from... ...-source codebases. Familiarity with interpretability, alignment, or safe model development. Experience in startup or fast...Remote work- ...Researcher Position at Hedra Hedra is building a world-class Physical AI research team to push the boundaries of action-conditioned... ...Experience with RLHF, DPO, or preference optimization for model alignment is a plus Strong collaboration and communication skills —...Work at office
$250k
...The Role We're building out our post-training research team and hiring 2–3 Research Scientists to work together on this mission. Your job is to prove... ...data sources shift capability, generalization, and alignment. Working closely with partner labs, you'll turn our...Full timeInternshipShift work$158k - $269k
...frontier of applying generative AI in the physical world! As a research scientist, you will invent new AI technologies that enable our launch... ...compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus. Perks/Benefits:...Full timeWork experience placementInternshipWork at officeWork from homeFlexible hours- ..., 2022, and 2023. That is why Eight Sleep is looking for research scientists with a passion for using AI & Machine Learning to transform... ...that as Eight Sleep grows and succeeds, so do you – perfectly aligning your achievements with the broader triumphs of the company....Full timeImmediate startWorldwideNight shift
- ...Immunology and Cardiovascular Thematic Research Center (ICV-TRC) at Client seeks to understand... ...talented and highly motivated research scientist interested in a fast-paced scientific... ...to translational projects which are aligned with CV & FIB Translational Research objectives...
- ...Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry San Francisco, CA Our Story... ...that have successfully advanced research to the clinic Benefits ~ Strong equity incentives. ~ Top tier medical, dental... ...onboarding, and better company-wide alignment, to name a few. Growth. As...
- About Phonic Phonic is a product and research lab focused on powering the most realistic,... ...SF office. About The Role As a Research Scientist at Phonic, you'll drive original... ...the voice AI stack: synthesis, modeling, alignment, perception, and take full ownership of...Work at office
$155k - $269k
...realistic, scalable, controllable, and efficient simulation. As a Research Scientist in World Models, you will develop algorithms and... ...additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus. Perks/Benefits:...Full timeWork at officeWork from homeFlexible hours$129.4k - $242.2k
...next big idea could be yours! Position Overview Adobe Research is looking for research scientists working on generative AI models for image and video... ...addition, certain roles may be eligible for long‑term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award. Adobe is...- As a Research Scientist , you'll lead cutting-edge research that advances the state of generative AI for long-form storytelling. You'll work... ...Explore novel model architectures, training paradigms, and alignment techniques that push beyond the current state of the art. Advance...Worldwide
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