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AI Safety Researcher/Engineer

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On-site๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUAEmidPosted 7d ago

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Job description

๐Ÿค– Role Description

We are looking for a highly analytical and technically skilled

AI Safety Researcher/Engineer

to help develop reliable, robust, and responsible artificial intelligence systems. ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ๐Ÿง  The role focuses on identifying and mitigating risks associated with AI behavior, improving model reliability, and developing practical safety techniques for advanced AI systems.

Key responsibilities include:

  • ๐Ÿ”ฌ Researching methods to improve AI safety, reliability, robustness, and controllability.

  • ๐Ÿง  Investigating model behavior, failure modes, vulnerabilities, and unexpected outputs.

  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Developing and evaluating techniques for AI alignment, monitoring, evaluation, and risk mitigation.

  • ๐Ÿงช Designing experiments, benchmarks, red-team evaluations, and safety tests for AI models and systems.

  • ๐Ÿ”Ž Analyzing model outputs to identify harmful, deceptive, biased, or otherwise undesirable behaviors.

  • ๐Ÿ“Š Building evaluation frameworks, metrics, datasets, and tooling to measure AI safety and performance.

  • ๐Ÿ’ป Implementing research ideas and safety mechanisms using modern machine-learning and software-engineering practices.

  • ๐Ÿ”„ Collaborating with researchers, engineers, data scientists, policy specialists, and product teams.

  • ๐Ÿ“š Reviewing academic research and emerging developments in AI safety, alignment, interpretability, and responsible AI.

  • โš™๏ธ Improving testing, monitoring, and deployment processes to support safer AI systems.

  • ๐Ÿ“ Documenting research findings, methodologies, risks, experiments, and recommendations clearly.

  • ๐Ÿš€ Exploring emerging approaches to scalable oversight, interpretability, robustness, adversarial testing, and AI governance.

๐ŸŽ“ Qualifications

  • โœ… Degree or relevant qualification in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.

  • ๐Ÿค– Strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning, AI systems, and model evaluation.

  • ๐Ÿ’ป Strong programming and software-engineering skills, particularly with Python and relevant ML frameworks.

  • ๐Ÿง  Solid understanding of statistical reasoning, experimentation, optimization, and data analysis.

  • ๐Ÿ”ฌ Familiarity with AI safety concepts such as alignment, robustness, interpretability, red teaming, adversarial evaluation, and model behavior analysis.

  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Understanding of responsible AI, AI risk, safety principles, and ethical considerations.

  • ๐Ÿ“Š Ability to design rigorous experiments, analyze results, and draw evidence-based conclusions.

  • ๐Ÿ”Ž Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.

  • ๐Ÿ“š Ability to understand and evaluate technical research papers and emerging AI methodologies.

  • ๐Ÿค Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

  • ๐Ÿš€ Curiosity, intellectual rigor, and a strong interest in solving challenging problems related to advanced AI safety.

  • โญ Commitment to building AI systems that are reliable, trustworthy, beneficial, and safe for users and society.