Chief Privacy Research Engineer, Safeguards

**Overview:**

We are seeking a talented Chief Privacy Research Engineer to join our team of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. As a member of our safeguards team, you will play a crucial role in mitigating the risks associated with building AI systems, particularly those related to private user data. **Responsibilities:**

• Lead our privacy analysis of frontier models, carefully auditing the use of data and ensuring safety throughout the process
• Develop privacy-first training algorithms and techniques
• Develop evaluation and auditing techniques to measure the privacy of training algorithms
• Work with a small, senior team of engineers and researchers to enact a forward-looking privacy policy
• Advocate on behalf of our users to ensure responsible handling of all data
• *Qualifications:**
• Experience working on privacy-preserving machine learning
• A track record of shipping products and features inside a fast-moving environment
• Strong coding skills in Python and familiarity with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX
• Deep familiarity with large language models, how they work, and how they are trained
• Experience working with privacy-preserving techniques (e.g., differential privacy and how it is different from k-anonymity, l-diversity, and t-closeness)
• Experience supporting fast-paced startup engineering teams
• Demonstrated success in bringing clarity and ownership to ambiguous technical problems
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives and navigate complex organizational dynamics
• *Benefits:**
• Competitive compensation package, including equity, benefits, and potential incentive compensation
• Annual salary range: $320,000-$485,000 USD
• Education requirements: Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Location-based hybrid policy: 25% of the time spent in office, with some roles requiring more time in office
• Visa sponsorship available
• Optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues