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Senior AI Safety Researcher

Google
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Kirkland, WA, USA$159k - $230kPosted 2w ago

About the role

We are hiring for the AI Safety Protections team within Trust and Safety to develop and implement AI-powered safety solutions for foundation models and related Google products, mitigating frontier risks and building safeguards.

Responsibilities

  • Develop scalable safety solutions for AI products across Google by leveraging advanced machine learning and AI techniques.
  • Apply statistical and data science methods to thoroughly examine Google's protection measures, uncover potential shortcomings, and develop actionable insights for continuous security enhancement.
  • Drive business outcomes by crafting compelling data stories for a variety of stakeholders, including senior leadership.
  • Provide technical leadership by fostering growth and ensuring success of junior team members through targeted mentorship and guidance.
  • Be exposed to graphic, controversial, or upsetting topics or content as this role works with sensitive content or situations.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
  • 5 years of experience in a data analysis or data science setting.
  • Experience in programming languages (e.g., C/C++, Python, Java) and database languages (e.g., SQL).

Skills

Required:Data analysisProgrammingSQL

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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