Principal AI Researcher: Cybersecurity & Frontier Models

Alice (Formerly ActiveFence); Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alice is seeking a highly technical Principal AI Research Cybersecurity Scientist in London to lead rapid research cycles on frontier AI models, benchmarking, and evaluation. You will translate complex customer challenges into measurable research outcomes and prototype robust solutions.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD or MSc with strong publication records, expert Python/PyTorch skills, and a proven ability to execute experiments within short cycles.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Computer Science, AI, ML or related field with strong research experience.
• Strong publication record at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL or equivalent venues.
• Hands-on capabilities with Python and PyTorch; building and evaluating complex AI systems.
• Ability to independently design and execute experiments in short development cycles.
• Deep understanding of LLMs and foundation models benchmarking and evaluation methodologies.
• Experience with frontier AI labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic or Google DeepMind is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on research in frontier AI models, reasoning, agents and multimodal systems.
• Design, implement and iterate on AI benchmarks, evaluation frameworks and experimental pipelines.
• Execute short, high-impact research cycles, rapidly moving from hypotheses to experiments, prototypes and validated findings.
• Identify model limitations, evaluation gaps and emerging research opportunities.
• Work directly with customers and technical stakeholders to translate complex challenges into actionable research.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to turn research findings into practical solutions.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Experimentation

Research leadership

Education

PhD or MSc (CS/AI/ML)

Job description

Alice is seeking a highly technical Principal AI Research Cybersecurity Scientist in London to lead rapid research cycles on frontier AI models, benchmarking, and evaluation. You will translate complex customer challenges into measurable research outcomes and prototype robust solutions.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD or MSc with strong publication records, expert Python/PyTorch skills, and a proven ability to execute experiments within short cycles.