Research Lead - Pre-training Safety
FAR AI · Berkeley Office · Remote (US) · Remote (International)
CHECKED 18H AGO
Research instituteremotelead$290k–$450k
At a glance
Highlights
- Direct pre-training safety research removing harmful capabilities at the source.
- Scale Deep Ignorance methods to 100B+ models on 1T+ tokens.
- Stress-test frontier models with red-team partners to validate scaling.
What they offer
- Work-related travel and equipment expenses
- Catered lunch and dinner in Berkeley office
Ideal candidate
An empirically-driven ML researcher excited to lead high-autonomy safety work at the source. You care deeply about preventing misuse and loss of control, and thrive mentoring a team while staying hands-on with experiments.
- remote policy
- Remote and in-person options available; can hire remotely in most countries
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available for in-person employees
- hiring process
- 45-minute bilateral fit call, 2 technical assessments, 3-5-day paid work trial and structured reference calls; typical elapsed time 4 weeks.
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