Strategic Projects Lead- AI Safety

Raydar; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Raydar, a rapidly scaling AI data and infrastructure company, is hiring in San Francisco for a hands-on AI safety lead. You will partner with frontier AI labs, manage client relationships, and deliver end-to-end safety projects in a fast-paced, on-site environment.

Candidates should have 2+ years in AI safety or red teaming, hands-on adversarial experience, and a degree from a top-tier university. Expect long hours, six days per week, and a compensation package with base 130k–150k plus equity

Qualifications

• 2+ years of AI safety, red teaming, or related field.
• Hands-on adversarial experience (jailbreaking, stress testing frontier models, etc.).
• Experience at a frontier AI lab or major tech company.
• Degree from a top-tier university (US/Canada/Europe).
• Strong communication and client-management skills.
• Willing to work on site in San Francisco six days per week; 60+ hours when needed.
• Visa transfers such as OPT/H-1B may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Partner with AI labs to design adversarial datasets and safety benchmarks.
• Own client relationships and delivery end-to-end.
• Lead cross-functional teams across software, finance, science, security, and other domains.
• Collaborate on AI research, evaluation, and data-infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive cross-functional company initiatives as an early team member.

Skills

AI safety

Red teaming

Trust and safety

Adversarial ML

Security research

Client management

Project ownership

Communication

High intensity work

Education

Top-tier university degree

Job description

Join a rapidly scaling AI data and infrastructure company that partners with leading frontier AI labs to build complex datasets, adversarial evaluations, and experimentation systems for advanced models and agents. The company has grown quickly to more than $100M in revenue run rate, raised $34M, and offers early team members the chance to shape both client work and company-wide initiatives.

This is an on-site role in San Francisco for a highly driven operator who can own demanding AI safety projects from client relationship through delivery. The team typically works in the office six days per week and may work 60+ hours during intense periods.

What you’ll do

• Partner directly with leading AI labs to design and deliver adversarial datasets, red‑teaming programs, and safety benchmarks.
• Own client relationships and project execution end to end, delivering high-quality work against tight timelines.
• Lead teams of subject‑matter experts across software engineering, finance, science, security, and other domains.
• Collaborate with internal teams on advanced AI research, evaluation, and data-infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive cross‑functional company initiatives as an early team member and support operational priorities where needed.
• 2+ years of experience in AI safety, red teaming, trust and safety, adversarial machine learning, security research, or a closely related field.
• Hands‑on adversarial experience such as jailbreaking or stress‑testing frontier models, prompt‑injection research, offensive security, penetration testing, bug bounty programs, CTFs, or trust‑and‑safety investigations and enforcement.
• Experience at a frontier AI lab, major technology company, leading security firm, or an equivalent high‑caliber environment.
• Degree from a top‑tier university in the United States, Canada, or Europe, unless professional experience is exceptional.
• Strong communication and client‑management skills, with high agency and a track record of owning projects end to end.
• Comfort operating in a high‑intensity environment such as management consulting, investment banking, a fast‑paced startup, or another demanding client‑facing setting.
• Willingness to work on site in San Francisco, typically six days per week, and to work 60+ hours when needed.
• Base salary: $130,000-$150,000.
• Public total compensation range: $260,000-$450,000, including bonus and meaningful equity.
• Full‑time, on‑site in San Francisco, California.
• Visa transfers such as OPT and H-1B transfers may be considered. Exceptional candidates may receive other sponsorship support, but new H-1B petitions are not available.
• In‑person final‑stage logistics are covered.