Research Engineer - Chem/Bio AI Safety & Safeguards

AI Security Institute; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI safety organization based in London seeks a Research Engineer-Scientist to lead projects on AI safety and risk mitigation. The role involves collaborating with AI developers to strengthen mitigations and conducting evaluations of AI safeguards. Candidates should possess broad knowledge of AI development, experience in Python coding, and a willingness to undergo security clearance. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £65,000 to £145,000, and numerous benefits, including generous leave and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous paid parental leave

28.97% pension contribution

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Qualifications

• Experience with training/fine-tuning pipelines and technical mitigations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate across disciplines.
• Willingness to undergo Security Clearance (2 years UK residency required).

Responsibilities

• Lead research projects to assess technical safeguards for AI systems.
• Partner with AI developers to strengthen existing technical mitigations.
• Design and run evaluations that stress-test safeguards.

Skills

Broad knowledge of frontier AI development

Hands-on experience with general-purpose AI systems

Experience writing production-level Python code

Knowledge of scaffolding, prompting, fine-tuning of language models

Demonstrated research taste and execution

Bias to action and ownership

Familiarity with relevant datasets for CB risks

Job description

A leading AI safety organization based in London seeks a Research Engineer-Scientist to lead projects on AI safety and risk mitigation. The role involves collaborating with AI developers to strengthen mitigations and conducting evaluations of AI safeguards. Candidates should possess broad knowledge of AI development, experience in Python coding, and a willingness to undergo security clearance. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £65,000 to £145,000, and numerous benefits, including generous leave and opportunities for professional development.