Principal AI Researcher, Cybersecurity & Frontier AI

Alice; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Alice is seeking a highly technical Principal AI Research Cybersecurity Scientist to drive fast-paced research in frontier AI models, benchmarking, and evaluation in the Bay Area. The role blends strong research credentials with exceptional engineering capabilities to move quickly from questions to prototypes and validated findings.

The position requires deep expertise in LLMs, foundation models, reasoning, agents, and model evaluation, with the ability to translate customer challenges into

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field, with strong relevant research experience.
• Strong publication record at leading AI/ML conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, or equivalent venues.
• Exceptional hands-on technical capabilities, including advanced Python, PyTorch, and experience building and evaluating complex AI systems.
• Proven ability to independently design, implement, and execute research experiments within short development cycles.
• Deep understanding of LLMs, foundation models, benchmarking, and evaluation methodologies.
• Experience with frontier AI labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google DeepMind is a strong advantage.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, customer-driven research environment.

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

LLMs & foundation models

Research experimentation

Communication skills

Education

PhD or MSc in Computer Science / AI / ML

Job description

Alice is seeking a highly technical Principal AI Research Cybersecurity Scientist to drive fast-paced research in frontier AI models, benchmarking, and evaluation in the Bay Area. The role blends strong research credentials with exceptional engineering capabilities to move quickly from questions to prototypes and validated findings.

The position requires deep expertise in LLMs, foundation models, reasoning, agents, and model evaluation, with the ability to translate customer challenges into