Lead AI Researcher for CLARITY Project

The University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business seeks a Principal Researcher to enable the CLARITY project and collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge AI research. The role emphasizes leading technical decisions, building robust research pipelines, and presenting findings at conferences.

The position requires extensive experience with large language models, multimodal AI, and user-facing AI systems, with a strong emphasis on safety rails, clinical reliability, and rigorous evaluation.

Qualifications

• PhD or ABD status by start date preferred.
• 5-7 years of related work experience.
• Experience with large language models and multimodal AI systems.
• Ability to build user-facing AI systems and web interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Conducts collaborative research with faculty for conferences and journals.
• Leads CLARITY AI pipeline design and model selection.
• Designs end-to-end integration of LLM text processing with video tools.
• Develops secure, patient-facing interfaces for video access.
• Writes reports, articles and manuscripts.
• Guides data collection, evaluation and analysis.

Skills

LLMs experience

AI system design

Web interfaces

AI alignment

Team leadership

Education

ABD status

PhD preferred

PhD required

Tools

LLM tooling

Data processing tools

Multimodal AI tools

Job description

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business seeks a Principal Researcher to enable the CLARITY project and collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge AI research. The role emphasizes leading technical decisions, building robust research pipelines, and presenting findings at conferences.

The position requires extensive experience with large language models, multimodal AI, and user-facing AI systems, with a strong emphasis on safety rails, clinical reliability, and rigorous evaluation.