Applied Research Scientist: Agentic AI Safety Innovator

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii); Edmonton; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

Flexible health benefits

Modern downtown Edmonton office

Job summary

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) in Edmonton seeks an Applied Research Scientist to advance the safety of autonomous AI systems. You will investigate agentic AI safety, develop rigorous evaluation methods, and translate research into practical tools supporting safer AI development.

Reporting to the Director of AI Trust and Safety, you will lead research, design experiments, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with Canadian and international partners to broaden impact.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2+ years of post-PhD research experience in applied/industry settings with tangible outputs.
• Strong knowledge of modern AI/ML, especially agentic AI and safety.
• Experience leading research projects from question to publication or deployment.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks, and familiarity with experimentation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a clear vision for how research projects contribute to the Trust & Safety program at Amii.
• Propose and execute Trust & Safety research focusing on agentic AI safety.
• Develop experiments, evaluation pipelines, and environments in collaboration with engineering.
• Translate findings into practical evaluation tools and applications.
• Publish peer‑reviewed papers, whitepapers, and other outputs.
• Represent Amii at conferences and mentor junior team members.

Skills

AI safety

Agentic AI

Research leadership

Experimentation

Communication

Education

Ph.D. in ML/AI/CS

Master’s + industry experience

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) in Edmonton seeks an Applied Research Scientist to advance the safety of autonomous AI systems. You will investigate agentic AI safety, develop rigorous evaluation methods, and translate research into practical tools supporting safer AI development.

Reporting to the Director of AI Trust and Safety, you will lead research, design experiments, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with Canadian and international partners to broaden impact.