Principal AI/ML Safety Architect for LLM Defense

Insight Global; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to lead strategy and architecture for defending base models from misuse, including jailbreaks and policy violations. You will drive safety interventions, evaluation workflows, and tooling across AI safety systems in a production environment.

The role requires 7+ years in ML, 3+ years in technical leadership, and extensive LLM experience, with the position based on-site/hybrid in San Jose, CA. Base salary ranges from $225,000 to $245,000.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/ML or related field
• 7+ years in applied machine learning or AI infrastructure
• 3+ years in senior/principal/leadership role
• Extensive experience with LLMs — design, training, methodology
• Experience developing or evaluating safety interventions for LLMs

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and architecture for AI safety defenses
• Lead architectural decisions across AI safety systems and tooling
• Develop and integrate evaluation workflows for model safety
• Build core infrastructure to ensure safe and responsible production AI systems

Skills

Advanced ML engineering

LLMs

Leadership experience

Safety interventions for LLMs

Applied machine learning

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in CS/ML or related

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to lead strategy and architecture for defending base models from misuse, including jailbreaks and policy violations. You will drive safety interventions, evaluation workflows, and tooling across AI safety systems in a production environment.

The role requires 7+ years in ML, 3+ years in technical leadership, and extensive LLM experience, with the position based on-site/hybrid in San Jose, CA. Base salary ranges from $225,000 to $245,000.