Research Scientist
Berkeley, California, United StatesAll locationsBerkeley, California, United StatesRemote (US), United States Hybrid
$120,000–$190,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
As a scientist, you will take ownership of and accelerate existing AI alignment research agendas. You can publish research findings broadly and engage with the AI alignment community. If you are an experienced research scientist, then we would be excited to incubate your agenda at FAR using our existing infrastructure and world-class team. You will receive engineering mentorship via code review, pair programming and regular 1-to-1s. Alongside the engineers, you will be involved in develop scalable implementations of machine learning algorithms and using them to run scientific experiments, You are encouraged to develop your research taste, proposing novel directions and joining a research pod which suits your interests. You are welcome to take time to study and to attend conferences free of charge. Our technical team is organized into research pods to enable continuity of organizational structure whilst each pod can pivot through varied research projects. Beyond FAR.AI , you can work with national AI safety institutes, frontier model developers and top academics.
What you'll bring
- We are excited by unconventional backgrounds.
- New and under-explored AI alignment idea(s).
- Experience leading and/or playing a senior role in research projects related to machine learning.
- Ability to effectively communicate novel methods and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- PhD or several years research experience in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning or statistics.