Jobs
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EOI: Data Lead
Epoch AI is looking for a Data Lead to lead our data collection and management. You’ll own our datasets and research data collection, allowing us to inform the world about the trajectory of advanced AI.
Research Team Leads (x4)
Arcadia Impact is hiring up to 4 Research Team Leaders this year to lead small teams of participants of our AI Governance Taskforce. This role holds significant responsibility for delivery of core program outputs, actively driving our research and dissemination value streams.
Senior Technical Infrastructure Contractor, Event Operations
FAR.AI is seeking a senior technical contractor to streamline and upgrade our event operations infrastructure. We run high-impact events that convene experts to tackle key challenges in our field. Our operations depend on robust, well-structured databases and smooth communication systems. We're currently upgrading our infrastructure and are seeking short-term senior support to move fast and set us up well.
Content Editor
To support our ambitious content goals, we are seeking skilled freelance Content Editors to join our roster of trusted contractors. We are looking for detail-oriented and versatile Content Editors to help refine and polish a variety of public-facing content, ensuring it is clear, concise, impactful, and perfectly aligned with GuardRail's mission and brand voice. This is a contract, project-based role, ideal for those seeking flexible work that contributes to a critical cause.
AI Strategy Contractor
We’re looking to expand our network of collaborators interested in working on strategy questions related to AI safety and governance, as well as AI’s intersection with other cause areas we care about—particularly animal welfare, global health and development, and digital sentience.
Research Engineer - Novel AI Platforms for Multiscale Alignment
The Alignment of Dynamical Cognitive Systems program seeks a Research Engineer to develop novel AI platforms addressing critical alignment challenges and practical LLM agents.
Research Assistant
We are seeking a research assistant to support the production of the 2025 edition of the State of AI Report. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a widely influential publication, deepen your understanding of AI, and help shape the public discourse around one of the most consequential technologies of our time.
Senior Technical Specialist, AI Risk Assessment
We are seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to join our Comprehensive Risk Assessment team. This role combines original research in AI safety and technical governance with strong emphasis on conceptual depth and quality assurance leadership.
AI Offense-Defense Dynamics Lead Researcher
In this role, you'll lead research to decode these offense-defense dynamics, examining how specific attributes of AI technologies influence their propensity to either enhance societal safety or amplify risks.
Senior Economist, AI Geostrategic and Economic Mechanisms
CARMA seeks an innovative economist to join our Geostrategic Dynamics team, exploring how advanced AI systems will reshape global economic paradigms, incentive structures, and power dynamics. You'll develop models to analyze critical risks including labor obsolescence, economic instability, concentration of power, shocks to the financial system, and degraded living standards as AI capabilities accelerate.
Public Security Policy Researcher
CARMA's Public Security Policy (PSP) Program is seeking a Policy Researcher to advance our work on AI governance, risk mitigation, and emergency response frameworks. This role will focus on disaster preparedness planning for AI-related crises across multiple jurisdictional levels (national, state/provincial, multinational, and alliance-based), vulnerability assessments of critical societal systems, and development of robust governance approaches.
Digital Media Accelerator
The FLI Digital Media Accelerator program aims to help creators produce content, grow channels, spread the word to new audiences. We're looking to support creators who can explain complex AI issues - such as AGI implications, control problems, misaligned goals, or Big Tech power concentration - in ways that their audiences can understand and relate to.
Editorial Lead
Cosmos Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit launched in 2024 to ensure AI promotes human flourishing. We train philosopher-builders—individuals who unite deep reflection with technical mastery. As our first Editorial Lead, you will turn that mission into coursework, essays, and media that guide the builders of tomorrow.
Business Operations Lead
Cosmos Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit launched in 2024 to ensure AI promotes human flourishing. We train philosopher-builders—individuals who unite deep reflection with technical mastery. As our first Business Operations Lead, you’ll build the systems, processes, and dashboards that turn great ideas into insight-driven programs.
Head of Communications
FAR.AI seeks a Head of Communications to shape the AI safety narrative, inform top policymakers, and guide an ambitious team. Drive real impact at the forefront of responsible AI development!
Engineering Lead, Benchmarking
Epoch AI is looking for a senior Research Engineer to lead the engineering efforts of our Benchmarking team. There, you’ll help us provide independent evaluations of leading AI models to enable researchers, developers, and policymakers to better understand AI development.
Head of Web Development
Epoch AI is seeking a Head of Web Development to align our tech stack with our organization's long-term goals. Responsibilities will include managing a team of 3-5 engineers and overseeing our full tech stack and infrastructure.
Senior Personal Assistant to Research Lead
Dmitrii, Palisade’s Research Lead, seeks a force multiplier. As their PA, you’ll operate autonomously and with discretion, with the mandate to unblock them and let them do their best work.
Machine Learning Engineer
We’re looking for top-tier machine learning engineers to help develop cutting-edge AI security solutions. If you have a strong background in building, deploying, and scaling machine learning models and a passion for AI security, we’d love to hear from you.
Fellow
SAIF is seeking applications for a 6 or 12-month fellowship developing and executing on projects related to SAIF’s mission. We are open to individuals with a range of backgrounds and experience in AI safety and governance who are eager to conduct high-impact work. Fellows will be welcomed as part of the team and have access to SAIF’s broad network of experts and collaborators. The fellowship is fully remote.