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Senior+ Software Engineer, Research Tools

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $300,000–$300,000🗓 2026-04-01 → 2026-07-31

Core

Build infrastructure and applications enabling researchers to iterate quickly, run complex experiments, and extract insights from frontier AI systems.

Role type

Senior+ Software Engineer, Research Tools

Builds

Full-stack applications, experiment orchestration platforms, human feedback interfaces, and visualization tools for model behavior analysis.

Domain

AI Safety & Capability Research

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Full-stack development, rapid iteration, building tools for technical users, product instincts, modern web technologies (React, TypeScript, Python), independent project ownership, technical strategy, mentoring

Preferred skills

Research tools or scientific software experience, ML/AI research background, startup founding or early engineer experience, open-source contributions, data visualization, AI/LLM integration, HCI or systems safety knowledge

Technologies

React, TypeScript, Python

Responsibilities

Build and maintain full-stack applications for experiments and feedback collection; Partner with research teams to translate workflows into technical solutions; Design intuitive interfaces for complex research tasks; Create reusable platforms to accelerate research application development; Rapidly prototype and iterate on solutions based on user feedback; Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions; Mentor engineers and establish best practices

Seniority

Senior+, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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