Research Engineer
FAR AI · Berkeley Office · Remote (US) · Remote (International)
CHECKED 19H AGO
Research instituteremote$150k–$250k
At a glance
Highlights
- Conduct pre- and post-release adversarial evals of frontier models.
- Study AI deception and build model organisms for sandbagging.
- Advance robustness from jailbreaks to constitutional classifiers.
What they offer
- 94% employer-paid health insurance
- 401(k) plan with up to 2% match
- 25 days PTO per year plus 10 days sick leave
- Paid bereavement, family, medical and pregnancy disability leave
- Work computer and WFH stipend for eligible employees
- Catered lunches and dinners in Berkeley office
Ideal candidate
Mission-driven engineer or researcher excited to turn AI safety ideas into real-world adoption. Comfortable across research and engineering and motivated by ensuring advanced AI benefits everyone.
Requirements
- Language processing or reinforcement learning
- Operating system internals and distributed systems
- Publications or open-source software contributions
- Basic linear algebra, calculus, probability, and statistics
- remote policy
- Both remote and in-person possible; can hire remotely in most countries
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available for in-person employees
- hiring process
- 72-minute programming assessment, two interviews with technical staff and a paid work trial lasting up to 1 week
Lab profile
About FAR AI
Non-profit AI research institute ensuring advanced AI is safe and beneficial for everyone.
Known for
- AI safety research
- AI risks and solutions research
- Red teaming
Key facts
- Non-profit research institute