CareerPlan

Senior Responsible AI Researcher

San Francisco, USAFull-time2026-10-19 → 2026-11-11

Core

Lead state-of-the-art research initiatives at the intersection of frontier models, Trust & Safety, model evaluation, and adversarial robustness.

Role type

Senior Responsible AI Researcher (Research Lead)

Builds

Safety benchmarks, evaluation frameworks, adversarial prompting methodologies, and red-teaming strategies for Generative AI and Autonomous Agents.

Domain

AI Safety, Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, Generative AI, Adversarial Robustness

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

PhD in STS/ML/AI Ethics/Social Data Science, Peer-reviewed publications in top venues (NeurIPS, ICML, etc.), AI Safety & RAI expertise, Python, PyTorch, Transformers, Foundation Models (LLMs, Multimodal), Agents, Benchmarking & Red-teaming

Preferred skills

Prior employment with frontier AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind), Experience in election integrity or psychological manipulation safety

Technologies

Python, PyTorch, Transformers, LLMs, Multimodal systems, Autonomous Agents

Responsibilities

Design and deploy evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for model capabilities and alignment; Develop adversarial prompting and red-teaming strategies to stress-test models; Lead collaborative research projects with academic institutions and industry partners; Partner with Product and Engineering to translate research into scalable safety products; Mentor junior researchers and bridge interdisciplinary gaps

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership