AI Oversight Formal Methods Engineer

Method, Inc.; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 385,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Generous time off + paid holidays

Life and AD&D insurance (company-paid)

401(k) match up to 6%

Job summary

Oath Technologies in Berkeley is hiring research engineers to build formal methods tools for AI oversight and to apply them at scale. The team will tackle difficult verification problems, integrate with AI agents, and push the boundaries of what is possible in oversight and containment.

Roles combine research and engineering, with opportunities to shape tool design, workflow, and collaboration across multifunction teams. Competitive salary and robust benefits are included for unicorn candidates.

Qualifications

• Experience building formal methods tools for production environments.
• Direct experience with proof assistants (Lean, Coq, Isabelle), SMT solvers, or related tools.
• Background in programming language theory, or in taking formal methods from research into deployed systems.
• Experience working in research and/or engineering teams delivering ambitious results.
• An ability to learn quickly, build quickly, and pivot when necessary.
• Experience using coding agents or other AI tools for ambitious technical projects.
• Knowledge of AI risks generally, and alignment with Oath's mission to counter AI risks.
• A broad enthusiasm for deeply technical topics, and a passion for ideas.

Responsibilities

• Contribute directly to Oath's research goals: building tools, applying them to real systems, and iterating based on what works.
• Help scale Oath's tools to large, long-running experiments intended to map the frontiers of AI oversight capabilities.
• Take deep ownership of problems, from framing the question, to overcoming obstacles, to delivering a working solution.
• Collaborate closely with a small, high-context team, including significant use of AI agents as part of the day-to-day workflow.
• Help set technical direction as the team and its workstreams grow, not just execute someone else's plan.
• Document your work and reasoning so it doesn't stay trapped in one person's head.

Skills

Formal methods tools

Proof assistants

Programming language theory

Team collaboration in research/enginee

Quick learner

Tools

Lean

Coq

Isabelle

SMT solvers

Job description

Oath Technologies in Berkeley is hiring research engineers to build formal methods tools for AI oversight and to apply them at scale. The team will tackle difficult verification problems, integrate with AI agents, and push the boundaries of what is possible in oversight and containment.

Roles combine research and engineering, with opportunities to shape tool design, workflow, and collaboration across multifunction teams. Competitive salary and robust benefits are included for unicorn candidates.