Senior AI Safety Scientist: Frontier Models & Red-Teaming

Faculty; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to advance scientific understanding and shape the future of safe AI deployment. The role involves driving high-impact AI research themes and leading evaluations in sensitive areas like cybersecurity. Candidates should have a proven track record in AI research, strong domain knowledge in language models, and practical machine learning experience.

Qualifications

• A track record of working with high‑impact AI research, evidenced by top‑tier academic publications or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience or a clear passion for applied AI safety, perhaps from labs, academia, or evaluation and red‑teaming roles.
• Deep domain knowledge in language models and generative AI model architectures, including fine‑tuning techniques beyond API‑level implementation.
• Practical machine learning experience, with a focus on robustness, explainability, or uncertainty estimation.
• Demonstrable Python engineering experience to build and support robust research projects.

Responsibilities

• Owning and driving forward high‑impact AI research themes in AI safety.
• Contributing to the wider vision and development of Faculty’s AI safety research agenda.
• Supporting Faculty’s positioning as a leader in AI safety through thought leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• Shaping our research agenda by identifying impactful opportunities and balancing scientific and practical priorities.
• Leading technical research within the AI Safety space, from concept to publication.
• Supporting the delivery of evaluations and red‑teaming projects in high‑risk domains, such as CBRN and cybersecurity.

Skills

High-impact AI research

Applied AI safety

Language models

Machine learning experience

Deep learning frameworks

Python engineering

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

HuggingFace

Job description

A leading AI consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to advance scientific understanding and shape the future of safe AI deployment. The role involves driving high-impact AI research themes and leading evaluations in sensitive areas like cybersecurity. Candidates should have a proven track record in AI research, strong domain knowledge in language models, and practical machine learning experience.