Alignment Scientist/Engineer
AE Studio is a bootstrapped AI company conducting frontier AI-alignment research and delivering high-stakes production AI systems.
About AE Studio
AE Studio operates applied-AI and alignment-research practices under one company. Its applied work includes AI evaluations, red-teaming, observability, agentic automation, AI-native product development, and custom ML; its research focuses on neglected AI-alignment approaches.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
Work autonomously as a high-agency technical generalist guiding AI alignment research alongside external collaborators. Research areas include pretraining interventions for model safety, interpretability, and neuroscience-inspired alignment approaches.
Requirements
- Experience in ML research, alignment research, or both
- Passion for AI alignment and belief that genuine progress is possible
- Excellent Python, PyTorch, and modern deep learning skills
- Knowledge of building, training, or evaluating deep learning models
- Comfort calling AI model APIs via REST or client libraries
- Ability to decompose complex problems into concrete, testable experiments
- AI-native mindset and eagerness to automate workflows with AI tools
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Strong English communication skills for technical audiences
- Bonus: self-directed research or data science experience
- Bonus: software engineering background, Agile experience, client management, or startup experience
Responsibilities
- Guide the direction of research alongside collaborators
- Research pretraining interventions for model safety
- Develop novel interpretability techniques
- Explore neuroscience-inspired approaches to alignment
- Build, train, and evaluate deep learning models
- Call AI model APIs via REST or client libraries
- Decompose complex problems into concrete, testable experiments
- Communicate technical work to all audiences
Benefits
- Remote-first work with flexible schedules
- Health insurance
- Free lunches at the office
- Weekly knowledge-sharing talks
- Annual team retreat
- Regular performance-based raises
- Diversified employee equity program