# Technical Governance Researcher at Miri

- Company: Miri
- What the company does: Backed by 500 Global.
- Company website: https://www.miri.health
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $120K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-09-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/miri/54142b55-b061-4f11-980e-73d9986ff1b9
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/miri-technical-governance-researcher/

## About the role

In this role, you would have the chance to work on all of the above areas. The work will be a mixture of researching, writing (for internal and external use), and engaging with collaborators and policymakers. Most of the day-to-day work is a combination of reading, writing, and meetings. Some example activities could include: Threat modeling, working out how AI systems could cause large-scale harm, and hopefully what actions could be taken to prevent this

## What they're looking for

- There are no formal degree requirements to work on the team, however we are especially excited about applicants who have a strong background in AI Safety and have particular previous experience or familiarity working in (or as) one or more of:
- Compute governance. Technical knowledge of AI hardware / chips manufacturing and related governance proposals
- Policy (including AI policy) . Experience here could involve writing legislation or white papers, engaging with policy makers or other research in AI policy and governance
- Bonus: Research or engineering focused on frontier AI models or the AI tech stack. The role may involve creating or running model evaluations, benchmarking AI hardware, conducting scaling law experiments, and other empirical work
- We are also excited about candidates who are particularly strong in the following areas:
- Conscientiousness – You are diligent and hard-working, and complete your work reliably and dependably. You desire to do tasks well and effectively. You pay attention to details and are organized, and able to manage lots of small tasks and projects

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