Applied Scientist: LLM Alignment & Post-Training

Trades Workforce Solutions; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 149,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in AI research seeks researchers or recent PhDs to enhance large language model post-training methods. The role involves advancing alignment and instruction-tuning approaches, designing evaluation frameworks, and publishing relevant research. Ideal candidates will have a track record in rigorous work and a genuine curiosity about LLM behaviors. This full-time position is based in South Bay, offering competitive compensation of $200,000 – $250,000 base along with equity and bonuses.

Qualifications

• Experience in alignment or optimisation of LLMs.
• A track record of published research or open-source projects.
• Ability to work autonomously in a collaborative setup.

Responsibilities

• Develop post-training methods for LLMs.
• Advance instruction-tuning and preference-learning pipelines.
• Design evaluation frameworks that measure human-centered behavior.

Skills

Experience in LLM post-training

Research skills

Curiosity about model behavior

Technical depth

Education

PhD in a relevant field

Job description

A leading firm in AI research seeks researchers or recent PhDs to enhance large language model post-training methods. The role involves advancing alignment and instruction-tuning approaches, designing evaluation frameworks, and publishing relevant research. Ideal candidates will have a track record in rigorous work and a genuine curiosity about LLM behaviors. This full-time position is based in South Bay, offering competitive compensation of $200,000 – $250,000 base along with equity and bonuses.