Research Scientist, Agent Robustness

Scale

San Francisco, CA, USA
Base: $197,400 - $246,750 usd; equity: subject to ...
On-site
Research ai agent capabilities
Design evaluation harnesses
Build agent scaffolding
Scale Labs has launched a new team focused on policy research, to bridge the gap between AI research and global policymakers to make informed, scientific decisions about AI risks and capabilities

Job Summary

  • Scale Labs has launched a new team focused on policy research, to bridge the gap between AI research and global policymakers to make informed, scientific decisions about AI risks and capabilities.
  • As a Research Scientist working on Agent Robustness you will work on the fundamental challenges of building AI agents that are safe and aligned with humans.
  • Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits, with a base salary range of $197,400 - $246,750 USD for this full-time position.

Matching Summary

Scale Labs has launched a new team focused on policy research, to bridge the gap between AI research and global policymakers to make informed, scientific decisions about AI risks and capabilities.

Salary

Base: $197,400 - $246,750 USD; Equity: Subject to Board of Director approval; Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, generous PTO, commuter stipend

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • research AI agent capabilities
  • design evaluation harnesses
  • build agent scaffolding
  • post-training and RL techniques
  • published research in machine learning
  • addressing sophisticated ML problems

Nice-to-have

  • agent evaluation frameworks experience
  • red-teaming AI systems
  • prompt injection experience
  • adversarial testing AI systems

Key Requirements

  • at least three years of experience
  • strong written and verbal communication skills

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