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                AI Security Researcher
                AI Security Researcher
                Apollo ResearchLondon, UK / San Francisco, CA
                AI safety & policy
                Information security
                Full-time
                1 month ago
                London, UK / San Francisco, CA
                1 month ago
                AI safety & policy
                Information security
                Full-time
                Salary
                San Francisco: $214,000 – $280,000; London: £144,000 – £189,000
                Routes to impact
                Direct high impact on an important cause
                Description
                Identify and remediate conventional and AI-agent security threats through hands-on research, red teaming, threat modelling, and durable engineering controls.
                • Red-team internal software, infrastructure, sandboxes, and AI agent access controls
                • Research emerging AI security and insider-risk threats
                • Build detections, tests, defaults, and automated security controls
                • Own findings through engineering implementation and remediation
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                Centre for Effective Altruism, Inc. is a registered Section 501(c)(3) public charity in the United States (EIN 33-3737390).
                Centre for Effective Altruism UK is a company limited by guarantee, the registration number of which is 16360152. Its registered office is at Trajan House, Mill Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0DJ UK.
                Centre for Effective Altruism Community UK is a company limited by guarantee, the registration number of which is 16395613. Its registered office is at Trajan House, Mill Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0DJ UK.
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