Founding Research Engineer
recruiting from scratchMillbrae (CA)
Founding Research Engineer
Posted 4 days ago
recruiting from scratchMillbrae (CA)
Computer and Information Research ScientistsResearch and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Founding Research Engineer This early-stage AI safety company is building technology to ensure AI agents follow the law when taking actions in the real world. This is an opportunity to join as one of the first researchers and help define the research agenda, build foundational tools, and advance the field of law-following AI.Responsibilities include leading research projects from conception to publication, building legal evaluation environments and benchmarks, developing training pipelines and LLM judge evaluation methods, building runtime controls and research infrastructure, and grounding research in real legal practice. Ideal candidates have a degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, at least 1 year of research or ML engineering experience, strong Python engineering skills, experience with the modern machine learning stack, and a deep commitment to AI safety and the goal of making AI follow the law.
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