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Security Operations Lead

Goodfire · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Goodfire

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab focused on understanding and intentionally designing advanced AI systems. Backed by Lightspeed, AI Grant and Menlo.

About the role

We're looking for a Security Operations Lead to be our first security hire and own IT and physical security at Goodfire. The stakes in AI development are extremely high, and we need to protect ourselves against sophisticated, fast-evolving threats, some of which didn't exist 6 months ago. In this role, you will keep Goodfire's people and systems secure without slowing down our fast-moving research and engineering teams.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years in IT security or security engineering, with hands-on ownership of identity, endpoints, and corporate systems
  • Experience running SOC 2 audits and enterprise customer security reviews
  • Strong grasp of AI security, particularly how AI agents change the threat model
  • Willingness and humility to own anything security-related yourself, big or small
More about this role

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab. We build interpretability agents and infrastructure to understand, monitor, and align AI models.

We believe that AI is the most consequential technology of our time. Yet AI models are trained by trial and error today, with limited understanding of what drives their behavior. Our goal is to advance the research and technology needed to fully understand and align AI so humanity can trust superintelligence.

Goodfire is a public benefit corporation founded by researchers who helped pioneer the field of interpretability at OpenAI and Google DeepMind. We are headquartered in San Francisco and have raised over $200M from leading investors including Lightspeed, Menlo, and B Capital.

We're looking for a Security Operations Lead to be our first security hire and own IT and physical security at Goodfire. The stakes in AI development are extremely high, and we need to protect ourselves against sophisticated, fast-evolving threats, some of which didn't exist 6 months ago. In this role, you will keep Goodfire's people and systems secure without slowing down our fast-moving research and engineering teams.

This is a foundational, hands-on role. We...

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