Jobs
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Knowledge Worker
Our international knowledge worker roles could be a great fit for someone with strong generalist skills, and with interest in living in India and/or China for part of the year. While Indian applicants are encouraged, applicants of all nationalities are welcome. Roles of this type include management (people and project), research, operations, communications, and leadership.
Software Engineer
We are seeking a versatile Software Engineer to join our team. This role involves building and refining user interfaces, backend APIs, and database systems, with a preference for candidates who can bridge the gap between frontend and backend development.
Freelance Writer
Food Tank is hiring freelance writers to contribute creative, high-quality, in-depth, and investigative articles and news stories. Professional writers with experience in food justice, food policy, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture are encouraged to join us. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to support and develop groundbreaking research driving health, nutrition, and environmental policy. This is a remote position, and international writers are encouraged to apply.
Formal Verification and AI Research Director
Advancements in AI bring both opportunities and serious risks, which simultaneously enable and necessitate more powerful approaches to high-assurance systems. Atlas Computing is a nonprofit working to ensure robust democratic oversight and control of critical infrastructure and AI. We are building an ecosystem for AI systems with provable properties.
Formal Verification and AI Research Lead
Advancements in AI bring both opportunities and serious risks, which simultaneously enable and necessitate more powerful approaches to high-assurance systems. Atlas Computing is a nonprofit working to ensure robust democratic oversight and control of critical infrastructure and AI. We are building an ecosystem for AI systems with provable properties.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Survival and Flourishing Corp is seeking a highly numerate full-stack developer to improve and maintain existing grant evaluation software currently in use by the Survival and Flourishing Fund, making it easier for philanthropists to delegate grant-making discussions and deliberation to trusted advisors.
AI Safety Course Operations Specialist
We’re seeking an operations specialist to run our flagship AI Safety programs from January 15th through May 7th 2025. This is primarily an operations and coordination role – while knowledge of AI Safety concepts is helpful, expertise isn’t required.
Research Scientist
FutureSearch is looking for an exceptional Research Scientist to figure out the best way to research and reason about hard, judgment-laden questions.
Teaching Fellow, AI Governance
We’re looking for Teaching Fellows to guide weekly discussion calls with students on our AI governance course.
(Senior) Research Scholar, Special Projects Track
The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is looking for Research Scholars and Senior Research Scholars (Special Projects Track) to join its team to launch or manage new programs or initiatives in the field of AI law & policy. Both positions are one-year, visiting roles. For those interested in a one-year program focused on research, please see our (Senior) Research Scholar (General Track) job description.
(Senior) Research Scholar, General Track
The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is looking for Research Scholars and Senior Research Scholars to join its team to conduct legal research and engage with policymakers. Both positions are one-year, visiting roles.
Senior Research Fellow
The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is looking for (Senior) Research Fellows to join its team to conduct legal research at the intersection of law and artificial intelligence.
Senior Associate, AI Governance
The Future Society (TFS) is seeking a driven and experienced professional to help advance our global AI governance activities. Specifically, we are looking for a Senior Associate with 6+ years of relevant experience for developing, advocating for, and/or implementing international AI policy and governance mechanisms. These include laws and regulations, voluntary frameworks, standards, or industry practices.
Chief Operating Officer
The Foresight Institute is at the forefront of advancing safe and beneficial science and technology for the long-term flourishing of life. We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Chief Operating Officer to join our growing team and lead our critical operational functions. This role is essential for ensuring that our programs and initiatives are executed efficiently, and it offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of our organization.
Evaluators, Systemic Reviews
We’re working to make Elicit more helpful for writing systematic reviews in life sciences and social science. To do that, we need really high-quality evaluations of Elicit’s output. So, we’re hiring PhDs to evaluate reviews written with Elicit’s help.
Teaching Fellow, AI Alignment
We’re looking for Teaching Fellows to guide weekly discussion calls with students on our AI alignment course.
GTM (Go to Market) Lead
As the GTM lead, you’ll run full sales cycles end-to-end, with the opportunity to lead a team. It’s great for people who want to own the entire customer relationship, work with engineers and product managers, and wear multiple hats. Because Elicit has broad domain appeal, you’ll also be challenged to ramp up on lots of different research areas - from biomedicine, to policy, to industrial manufacturing, though we do have an initial vertical focus.
Technical Staff, Forecasting Tools
Sage is looking for a member of technical staff to (1) ideate, design, build, and write interactive explainers and demos about AI progress for AI Digest, and (2) build relationships with our audience of policymakers and the public, and grow our readership.
Senior Malaria Researcher
GiveWell’s first Senior Malaria Researcher will be responsible for strengthening the quality of the research and cost-effectiveness modeling guiding GiveWell’s large portfolio of investments in malaria interventions.