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From the employer's careers site First seen 18 Apr 2026 · Still live on 30 Oct 2026

Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring

Scale San Francisco and 1 other location
All 2 locations
  • San Francisco, CA
  • New York, NY
Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$216,000-$270,000 USD

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Description

We're seeking a Research Scientist to join our team focused on AI Controls and Monitoring. As a key member of our team, you will design methods, systems, and experiments to ensure that advanced AI models and agents remain aligned with intended goals, even in high-stakes or adversarial environments.

Your responsibilities will include developing monitoring techniques and observability methods, researching mechanisms for layered control, and designing red-team simulations to probe weaknesses in oversight and control mechanisms.

To succeed in this role, you'll need a strong background in machine learning, particularly in generative AI, and at least three years of experience addressing sophisticated ML problems. You should be comfortable designing control and monitoring experiments for AI systems, building prototype systems, and quickly turning new ideas from the research literature into working prototypes.

In addition to your technical expertise, you'll need strong written and verbal communication skills to operate in a cross-functional team.

This role offers a competitive salary range of $216,000-$270,000 USD, depending on location and experience, as well as equity-based compensation and benefits, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Post-Training and RL Techniques
  • Scalable Oversight
  • Interpretability
  • Debate

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4675694005

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