# Research Lead, Training at Goodfire

- Company: Goodfire
- What the company does: Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab focused on understanding and intentionally designing advanced AI systems. Backed by Lightspeed, AI Grant and Menlo.
- Company website: https://goodfire.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $400K to $600K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/goodfire/jobs/5362155008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/goodfire-research-lead-training/

## About the role

We're hiring a Research Lead, Training to lead Goodfire's model training organization and define the research agenda behind how we train more capable, aligned, and interpretable AI systems, including exploring the research frontier of intentional design .

## What they're looking for

- Experience leading post-training, model training, or closely related efforts in a frontier AI environment
- Track record of owning ambitious technical programs that combine research depth with executional rigor
- Experience managing teams and operating effectively in fast-moving, high-expectation environments
- Strong judgment on how to balance longer-term research bets with near-term product or model delivery
- Interest in intentional design, alignment, and interpretability-informed training
- Ability to work closely with senior scientific leadership while also independently setting direction and driving outcomes

Tags: Research and Development