Staff Research Scientist, AI Safety
Biohub· AI Research
Hybrid (Redwood City, CA)$241k - $301kfull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Staff-level AI safety research role focused on training AI models in biology, designing safety evaluations, and developing safeguards to enable societal benefit while advancing frontier AI research in biology.
Responsibilities
- Rigorously think through important open scientific questions that don’t have textbook answers.
- Design and build safety evaluations to understand AI capabilities at the frontier of biology.
- Collaborate closely with scientists across Biohub to build safeguards that are robust to potential misuse, enabling our AI systems to be used for maximum societal benefit .
- Gain direct access to a network of leading external experts and Biohub partners for collaboration and to inform your safety work.
- Monitor capability advancements and emerging technologies across AI and assess how these advances impact the robustness of our safeguards.
- Partner closely with colleagues to develop, implement, and evolve our frontier safety policy.
- Communicate our safety work to internal teams as well as external partners.
Qualifications
- PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Expertise in biological sciences.
- Significant experience building, using, and/or evaluating deep learning systems, ideally in research-driven environments.
- Strong engineering and scientific fundamentals.
- Comfort with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and loosely-defined research problems.
- Strong communication skills across technical and scientific audiences.
- Interest in shaping the frontier of safety for AI & biology, no prior safety experience required.
Skills
Required:Deep learningBiological sciences
Benefits
- Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
- Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
- Funding for select family-forming benefits.
- Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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