CareerPlan

Researcher, Misalignment Monitoring Lead

San FranciscoFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-12

Core

Lead research and technical execution on misalignment monitoring for frontier AI systems, evaluating monitor effectiveness and reliability.

Role type

Senior IC machine-learning researcher (AI safety/alignment)

Builds

Scalable evaluation frameworks, experimental tools, and stress-testing methods for AI monitors

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / AI Safety / Alignment

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning research, model evaluations, AI safety, alignment, robustness, experimental design, large language models, failure mode analysis, technical research leadership

Preferred skills

AI monitoring, automated evaluations, adversarial testing, red-teaming, scalable oversight, AI control, model behavior analysis, interpretability, technical research leadership, mentoring

Technologies

Large language models, AI monitoring systems, evaluation frameworks

Responsibilities

Lead research direction for misalignment monitoring, design rigorous evaluations of monitor effectiveness, develop stress-testing and red-teaming methods, investigate monitoring failures, build scalable evaluation tools, translate findings into safety improvements, establish research priorities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC