Research engineer / scientist (contract)

Research engineer / scientist (contract)

Opportunity type
Independent project
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Skill set
Research
Software engineering
Academia
Deadline
2026-03-21
Deadline soon
Description
A short-term, remote contract for experienced ML engineers and researchers to help ship mechanistic interpretability papers for a NeurIPS deadline.
  • Scope: Work on unsupervised methods, training-time interpretability, or interpretable architectures
  • Impact: Contribute directly to publishable research in AI safety and reverse engineering of models
  • Environment: Fully remote, fast-paced sprint with rolling review and tight timeline (ends May 11)
  • Upside: Strong performers may be considered for full-time roles after the contract
Apply by March 21 (rolling review; early applicants prioritized)
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