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Staff Research Scientist, AI Safety

Evolutionary Scale · Redwood City, CA (Hybrid) · Hybrid

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About Evolutionary Scale

ESM3. Enabling scientists to understand, imagine, and create proteins. Backed by Lux.

About the role

This is an opportunity to shape the future of biological research by pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve in science. You’ll work alongside leading experts in AI and biology, with the resources and mandate to tackle some of the most important questions in human health—advancing frontier AI research, accelerating engineering velocity, connecting rich biological data to AI systems, enabling reliable compute across environments, and translating models and data into usable, scalable applications that drive...

What they're looking for

  • Rigorously think through important open scientific questions that don’t have textbook answers
  • Design and build safety evaluations to understand AI capabilities at the frontier of biology
  • Collaborate closely with scientists across Biohub to build safeguards that are robust to potential misuse, enabling our AI systems to be used for maximum societal benefit
  • Gain direct access to a network of leading external experts and Biohub partners for collaboration and to inform your safety work
  • Monitor capability advancements and emerging technologies across AI and assess how these advances impact the robustness of our safeguards
  • Partner closely with colleagues to develop, implement, and evolve our frontier safety policy
More about this role

Biohub is the first large-scale initiative bringing frontier AI models, massive compute, and frontier experimental capabilities under one roof. We're building a general-purpose system to accelerate scientific discovery, integrating frontier AI models, biological foundation models, and lab capabilities, with the ultimate goal of curing disease. Our technology powers scientists around the world, translating AI capabilities into tools that accelerate research everywhere.

Our AI research team sits at the heart of our mission to unlock new dimensions of biological understanding. You will leverage state-of-the-art AI to accelerate discovery and drive transformative insights in biology—developing novel AI models purpose-built for biological research, engineering robust systems that enable breakthrough science at unprecedented scale, and translating these advances into practical tools that empower researchers worldwide.

Our approach is comprehensive and integrated, bringing together world-class AI model development, exceptional engineering talent, high-quality biological data, powerful computing infrastructure, and strategic partnerships. Success requires excellence across five...

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