Senior / Principal Chemist, AI Safety

Highlights

• Map chemical misuse risks across models, agents and automated experimentation.
• Build bespoke AI safety strategy for scientific superintelligence at Lila.
• Translate risk judgments into dual-use policy and mitigation requirements.

What they offer

• Bonus potential
• Generous early-stage equity
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance

Ideal candidate

PhD-level synthetic chemist with strong judgment on feasibility and dual-use risk who cares about safeguarding powerful science AI while preserving beneficial discovery and collaborating across science and policy.

Requirements

• PhD or comparable experience in synthetic chemistry or closely related discipline
• Substantive experience assessing chemical dual-use risks across national security, export controls or CWC
• Strong scientific judgment on feasibility, uncertainty and practical constraints
• Ability to identify specialists, critically assess evidence and integrate findings across disciplines
• Clear scientific communication and collaboration across science, engineering and policy