Hiring: Staff Research Scientist, AI Safety Company: Biohub Location: Redwood City, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:23:40 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Deep Learning About the job Required Skills: •The Staff Research Scientist is part of the AI Research team, which focuses on training AI models in biology and reasoning at the frontier of data, scale and compute. We are a mostly flat organization of researchers to enable rapid and dynamic AI development. •Rigorously think through important open scientific questions that don’t have textbook answers. •Design and build safety evaluations to understand AI capabilities at the frontier of biology. •Collaborate closely with scientists across Biohub to build safeguards that are robust to potential misuse, enabling our AI systems to be used for maximum societal benefit . •Gain direct access to a network of leading external experts and Biohub partners for collaboration and to inform your safety work. •Monitor capability advancements and emerging technologies across AI and assess how these advances impact the robustness of our safeguards. •Partner closely with colleagues to develop, implement, and evolve our frontier safety policy. •Communicate our safety work to internal teams as well as external partners. Qualifications: •PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience. •Significant experience building, using, and/or evaluating deep learning systems, ideally in research-driven environments. •Strong engineering and scientific fundamentals. •Comfort with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and loosely-defined research problems. •Strong communication skills across technical and scientific audiences. •Interest in shaping the frontier of safety for AI & biology, no prior safety experience required. Compensation: •$241,000 - $301,000 / year •This position may be eligible to participate in our discretionary annual performance bonus program Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!