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Research Lead
FAR.AIRemote (USA) / Berkeley, USA / Singapore
Remote (USA) / Berkeley, USA / Singapore
1 month ago
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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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