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                Research Lead
                Research Lead
                FAR.AIRemote (USA) / Berkeley, USA / Singapore
                AI safety & policy
                Full-time
                2 weeks ago
                Remote (USA) / Berkeley, USA / Singapore
                2 weeks ago
                AI safety & policy
                Full-time
                Routes to impact
                Direct high impact on an important cause
                Skill-building & building career capital
                Description
                Lead a high-impact AI safety research agenda and team, focused on reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.
                • Leadership & ownership – Define and drive an end-to-end research agenda, mentoring researchers and scaling a focused team
                • High-impact research – Work on areas like interpretability, adversarial robustness, evaluations, and scalable oversight with real-world policy relevance
                • Compensation & flexibility – $170K–$250K salary (location-dependent), remote-friendly with optional Berkeley or Singapore base
                • Influence & collaboration – Engage with governments, frontier AI labs, and global researchers to shape safety standards and deployment
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