AI Security Institute

Research Engineer – Human Influence

AI Security Institute · London, UK

Posted 1 day ago

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Hiring momentum
15 roles opened in the last 90 days
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Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

The Research Engineer in the Human Influence team will focus on understanding how AI influences human behavior and decision-making. Daily tasks will involve designing and building Reinforcement Learning environments, leveraging interpretability methods, and developing scalable evaluation systems for AI models. The role requires a blend of research and engineering skills to deliver impactful projects that address AI safety and human influence.

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What you need

  • Proven experience deploying a benchmark, evaluation, or product to users
  • Clear understanding of the current AI safety literature
  • Clear and consistent communication
  • Clear understanding of fundamental Machine Learning concepts
  • Experience fine-tuning or post-training LLMs using standard methods
  • Comfortable working with RL environments and using RL or other reward-based methods

Nice to have

  • Good understanding of model internals for mechanistic interpretability research
  • Experience shipping an AI safety pipeline to production
  • Experience using data to answer complex research questions
  • Experience with frontend and node.js deployments

What you get

  • Impact you couldn't have anywhere else
  • Incredibly talented, mission-driven and supportive colleagues
  • Direct influence on how frontier AI is governed and deployed globally
  • Opportunity to shape the first & best-resourced public-interest research team focused on AI security
  • Pre-release access to multiple frontier models and ample compute
  • Extensive operational support

Worth weighing

  • No specific salary listed, but ranges provided based on levels
  • Role involves high-stakes AI safety work which may come with pressure
  • Candidates must undergo security clearance checks
  • The role is multidisciplinary, which may require adapting to various fields

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Listed by AI Security Institute on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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