# Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Automated Safety at Lila Sciences

- Company: Lila Sciences
- What the company does: LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.lila.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-21
- Apply by: 2026-12-05
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4423488009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-research-scientist-research-engineer-automated-safety/

## About the role

We're building a talent-dense, high-agency AI safety team at Lila that will engage all core teams within the organization (science, model training, lab integration, etc.), to identify and mitigate risks from scientific superintelligence while retaining the core scientific discovery capabilities of the stack. The initial focus of this team will be to build and implement a bespoke safety strategy for Lila, tailored to its specific goals and deployment strategies. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Strong empirical judgment, practical programming ability and experience working with modern AI systems
- The ability to investigate ambiguous failures, design informative comparisons and communicate limitations clearly
- An interest in scientific misuse risks and the ability to collaborate productively with domain specialists

Tags: AI

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