Senior AI Research Scientist/Engineer - Governance Automation (India)

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Health insurance

Flexible remote

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Job summary

Credo AI is hiring a Senior AI Research Engineer to lead the AI Governance Agent initiative. You will prototype, validate, and refine AI capabilities for risk identification, control selection, and evidence evaluation, enabling scalable governance workflows.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to turn prototypes into production systems while exploring AI alignment and oversight methods. This role is remote with global teams and flexible time zones.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience developing and deploying production LLM-based systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and LLM alignment.
• Experience building agents or complex AI systems with multiple components.
• Proficiency in Python and modern AI development stacks.
• Strong understanding of AI risks, governance frameworks, or compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support design and development of the Credo AI Agent, an intelligent assistant that helps streamline governance workflows.
• Create hybrid systems that blend rule-based foundations with advanced AI capabilities.
• Build prototypes in our Labs environment that demonstrate immediate value while validating longer-term approaches.
• Research and implement state-of-the-art approaches to AI alignment, evaluation, and oversight.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to transform prototypes into production systems.
• Drive thought leadership in AI governance automation through publications and presentations.

Skills

Prompt engineering

LLM alignment

Python

AI governance

System design

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science, AI/ML

Job description

ABOUT CREDO AI

The Credo AI Governance Platform operates as the trust layer for global enterprises focused on transforming their organizations with AI. It is powered by a knowledge graph that is updated by agents, enriched with global regulatory intelligence and curated business context, supported by Forward-Deployed Experts, giving enterprises a clear view of the risk profile behind every AI system. By making that risk visible, we enable teams to move quickly and confidently scale across systems to adopt compliant AI, faster and in a compliant manner.

ABOUT US

Credo AI is a leading AI governance platform helping enterprises implement responsible AI at scale. We are building the next generation of AI-powered governance solutions that enable organizations to manage risk, ensure compliance, and scale their AI deployments with confidence.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior AI Research Engineer focused on governance automation. You will lead the development of our AI Governance Agent initiative, creating intelligent systems that dramatically reduce the human effort required for effective AI governance. Your work will transform how organizations approach AI risk management and compliance, making robust governance scalable even as AI deployments multiply.

You will prototype, validate, and refine AI capabilities that assist in risk identification, control selection, evidence evaluation, and ultimately complete governance workflows. As this work matures, you'll expand into broader scalable oversight challenges, developing novel approaches to governance that leverage AI's capabilities while maintaining appropriate human judgment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• - Support design and development of the Credo AI Agent, an intelligent assistant that helps streamline governance workflows
• - Create hybrid systems that blend rule-based foundations with advanced AI capabilities
• - Build prototypes in our Labs environment that demonstrate immediate value while validating longer-term approaches
• - Research and implement state-of-the-art approaches to AI alignment, evaluation, and oversight
• - Collaborate with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to transform prototypes into production systems
• - Drive thought leadership in AI governance automation through publications and presentations

ABOUT YOU

You're passionate about solving the meta-problem of AI governance with AI itself. You understand that effective oversight requires both strong technical capabilities and nuanced understanding of governance and risk. You thrive in ambiguous problem spaces and can build pragmatic solutions that deliver immediate value while advancing longer-term research goals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• - Advanced degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or equivalent experience
• - 3+ years experience developing and deploying production LLM-based systems
• - Demonstrated expertise in prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and LLM alignment
• - Experience building agents or complex AI systems with multiple components
• - Proficiency in Python and modern AI development stacks
• - Strong understanding of AI risks, governance frameworks, or compliance requirements
• - Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• - Experience with risk management, compliance, or governance systems
• - Background in AI safety, alignment, or responsible AI research
• - Track record of developing innovative AI applications that address real-world problems
• - Experience with rapid prototyping, agile development, and experimental validation
• - Publication record in relevant areas (AI safety, LLMs, governance, etc.)

BENEFITS

• - Competitive base pay and equity compensation
• - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• - Flexible remote work and unlimited PTO policy
• - Professional development budget
• - Opportunity to shape the future of AI governance
• *Supports EST/CST/PST time zone (your choice)

COMPENSATION

The expected base salary range for this position is ₹40–50L. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the specified location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

LOCATION & REMOTE CULTURE

While this is a remote role and we're a fully distributed team, we routinely meet up in-person. We support individual members to coordinate in-person coworking whenever possible, and organize company-wide offsites multiple times a year. At Credo AI we value diversity, equity, and inclusion as core principles in our work environment, and the development of our product offerings, and we have implemented initiatives to foster and support these values.

Credo AI Benefits & Perks

• - Competitive Salary and Equity
• - Health: We offer health, dental, and vision coverage. We also offer an ergonomic benefit to cover the costs of equipment to help staff stay healthy while working, both in the office and at home.
• - Coworking: We will cover the cost of co-working spaces like WeWork and in-person meetups.
• - Unlimited PTO: Credo AI has unlimited time off to support our employees
• - Generous Parental Leave: We offer up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• - 401(k) plan for employees (US only)