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Senior Data Scientist (Safety)

Faculty· Data Science
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Hybrid (London)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Data Scientist leading high-impact AI safety projects, shaping upstream evaluation standards, mentoring teams, and partnering with Frontier Labs to advance practical, high-stakes AI safety.

Responsibilities

  • Leading project teams that deliver upstream AI safety solutions and evaluation standards to Frontier Labs.
  • Conceiving core scientific experiment designs and building the associated software architecture for new engagements.
  • Mentoring technical team members on projects and supporting their professional growth through scientific guidance.
  • Partnering with commercial teams to shape project scope, assess technical feasibility, and translate complex problems into rigorous frameworks.
  • Contributing to Faculty’s thought leadership by advancing the science of AI evaluations, public speaking, or publishing open-source research.
  • Ensuring rigorous scientific methodology and technical best practices are followed across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

  • Senior experience in a professional data science role, upstream safety research, or a quantitative academic field with strong experiment design methodology.
  • Strong programming skills in Python using core scientific libraries (NumPy, Pandas) and, ideally, evaluation frameworks and tooling (e.g. Inspect AI) and agentic harnesses.
  • Deep curiosity and expertise across the data science toolkit, with a drive to develop novel evaluation standards for specialized domains.
  • High technical rigor and a collaborative mindset focused on nurturing team capabilities and sharing technical knowledge.
  • Commercial awareness, with the ability to bridge complex scientific work with client requirements in Frontier Labs.
  • Excellence in scientific problem-solving, scoping technical work, and guiding project execution to meet high standards on structured timelines.

Skills

Required:PythonExperiment designLeadership / mentoring
Nice to have:Evaluation frameworks
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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