Research Engineer: AI Alignment & Multi-Agent Platforms

Aimlroles

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

CARMA is seeking a Research Engineer to develop AI platforms addressing alignment challenges and practical LLM agents. This role blends platform development with alignment research, requiring expertise in agent-based systems and multi-objective optimization to advance safe AI.

You will build infrastructure for safety research, co-design environments for cooperative AI architectures, and collaborate with researchers to translate theory into practice within CARMA's Center for AI Risk Management &

Qualifications

MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Experience with dynamic plan recognition, activity recognition, dynamic multicriteria decision making, multi-agent systems, or AI builder platforms.

Responsibilities

Research and develop AI systems and platforms for safety research and tooling.
Design architectures for agent execution environments and interaction platforms.
Develop optimization algorithms for multi-objective and cooperative AI systems.
Create mechanisms for conflict resolution and preference aggregation in multi-agent settings.
Implement testing frameworks and example environments to validate theoretical approaches.
Build middleware components that facilitate secure and efficient agent communication.
Architect and develop reusable software components for AI alignment research.
Document system architectures, APIs, and implementation details.
Collaborate on technical publications and research presentations.
Contribute to practical implementations and theoretical research in AI alignment.
Support evaluation and refinement of research prototypes.