Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment
Hybrid (Redwood City, CA)$225k - $400kFull-timePosted 11mo ago
About the role
Research Engineer focused on AI safety and alignment, bridging theoretical research and production applications to make models safer, more robust, and aligned with human values.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement novel evaluation methodologies and metrics to assess the safety and alignment of large language models.
- Research and develop cutting-edge techniques for model alignment, value learning, and interpretability.
- Conduct adversarial testing to proactively uncover potential vulnerabilities and failure modes in our models.
- Analyze and mitigate biases, toxicity, and other harmful behaviors in large language models through techniques like reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and fine-tuning.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate safety research into practical, scalable solutions and best practices.
- Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI safety research and contribute to the academic community through publications and presentations.
Qualifications
- Hold a PhD (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related discipline.
- Write clear and clean production-facing and training code
- Experience working with GPUs (training, serving, debugging)
- Experience with data pipelines and data infrastructure
- Strong understanding of modern machine learning techniques, particularly transformers and reinforcement learning, with a focus on their safety implications.
- Passionate about the responsible development of AI and dedicated to solving complex safety challenges.
Skills
Required:Evaluation methodologies for AI safetyModel alignment techniquesAdversarial testingBias and toxicity mitigationCollaboration with engineering and product teams
Benefits
- Top-notch health coverage for you & your family, with majority of the premium covered
- 401(K) contribution
- New parents paid leave - up to 20 weeks
- 4 weeks of PTO
- Daily in-office catering plus a monthly Doordash stipend
- Monthly wellness stipend
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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