Gray Swan provides enterprise-grade security solutions for LLMs, developed by the pioneers of AI vulnerability research. Deploy AI with confidence using just two lines of code. Backed by Madrona.
About the role
Come build and lead Gray Swan's biology safety capability from the ground up, serving as the technical authority on biological misuse risk across red-teaming, evaluation, benchmarking, defenses, and safety infrastructure development. You'll play a critical role in reducing biological risks from frontier AI systems through partnerships with leading AI labs, translating deep biological expertise into scalable AI safety systems that help define the industry's standards for evaluating dangerous capabilities.
What they're looking for
- PhD in biology, particularly in microbiology, virology, synthetic biology, protein engineering, or a closely related discipline, with postdoctoral or equivalent research experience
- Deep understanding of biological misuse risks, dual-use research, pathogen biology, synthetic biology, or biosecurity
- Experience conducting adversarial evaluations, biological risk assessments, AI safety research, or developing safety datasets for frontier AI systems
- Familiarity with international biosecurity frameworks, dual-use governance, responsible biotechnology practices, and emerging AI safety standards
- Comfortable operating at the intersection of cutting-edge biology, machine learning, and AI security
- Thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you'll define strategy while building new systems from the ground up
More about this role
Gray Swan is on a mission to empower the world to use AI safely and securely. We evaluate AI models for the leading frontier labs along with building real-time threat detection and adaptive adversarial red teaming agents for teams deploying AI.
We're a team of approximately 50 people, well-funded, growing quickly. Our work directly influences how the world deploys AI agents and systems at scale..
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Come build and lead Gray Swan's biology safety capability from the ground up, serving as the technical authority on biological misuse risk across red-teaming, evaluation, benchmarking, defenses, and safety infrastructure development. You'll play a critical role in reducing biological risks from frontier AI systems through partnerships with leading AI labs, translating deep biological expertise into scalable AI safety systems that help define the industry's standards for evaluating dangerous capabilities.
This is a rare opportunity to shape an entirely new technical function at one of the world's leading AI security companies, working at the intersection of synthetic biology, biosecurity, AI safety, and machine learning.
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