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Research Engineer, AIUC Labs

aiucSan FranciscoProduct & Engineering
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Job type
Full-time
Posted
16 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Research Engineer, AIUC Labs at aiuc in San Francisco is a full-time position focused on building confidence infrastructure and conducting research on artificial intelligence safety and risk. This role suits engineers with a background in machine learning or computer science who want to establish standards and insurance for frontier artificial intelligence.

Role Overview

The Research Engineer, AIUC Labs position is based in San Francisco with aiuc. The candidate will collaborate directly with the founders to establish a new research function and publish findings that guide the industry. The organization builds standards and insurance for frontier artificial intelligence, addressing risks associated with agent security and artificial general intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

Determine strategic direction by studying artificial intelligence capability and risk trajectories over three to five years, evaluating replacement methods for evaluations as agents advance, analyzing model behavior during testing, and assessing the offense-defense balance in security.
Move confidence infrastructure upstream to the model layer to meet current release decisions made by laboratories through independent standards, rigorous evaluation, and third-party assurance.
Transform internal work into published research and public programming, including podcasts and writing, to expand industry influence.

Requirements

Ability to design, independently build, debug, and maintain research code and experiment pipelines.
Capability to read machine learning papers, implement them quickly, and adapt them to new research questions.
Skill in iterating and experimenting rapidly by turning ambiguous open-ended questions into tractable experiments, selecting baselines, and investigating unexpected details.
Background in machine learning, computer science, or an adjacent quantitative field through a combination of engineering and research.

Nice to Have

Background from a frontier laboratory, third-party evaluation organization, or machine learning team focusing on science of evaluations, security research, forecasting, or interpretability.
Familiarity with model training pipelines, including training, fine-tuning, probing models, or building scalable experimentation infrastructure.
Published work that has been engaged with by the field, such as first-author papers, adopted benchmarks, or work that shifted community thinking or system deployment.
Ability to balance philosophical considerations about future capabilities with practical coding to test hypotheses.

Skills and Tools

Machine learning research code and experiment pipelines
Model training and fine-tuning pipelines
Probing models and scalable experimentation infrastructure

Salary and Benefits

Competitive annual salary
Significant equity as part of total compensation
Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to San Francisco
Daily lunch, dinner, and snacks

About the Company

aiuc builds standards and insurance for frontier artificial intelligence with the mission to underwrite superintelligence. The organization has raised fifty-five million dollars from investors including Ribbit, First Harmonic, and Nat Friedman. The team consists of individuals from organizations such as METR, Anthropic, McKinsey, and OpenAI, and develops agent security standards for builders like Cursor, Lovable, ElevenLabs, and Harvey.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Questions candidates ask

Where is the Research Engineer role located?

The position is located in San Francisco.

Is visa sponsorship available for this position?

Yes, visa sponsorship and a relocation stipend to San Francisco are available if needed.

What benefits and perks are included?

Benefits include a competitive annual salary, significant equity, health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, visa sponsorship and relocation support, and daily lunch, dinner, and snacks.

Who will the Research Engineer work with directly?

The Research Engineer will work directly with the founders to build out a new research function.

What type of funding does aiuc have?

aiuc has raised fifty-five million dollars from Ribbit, First Harmonic, and Nat Friedman.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official aiuc careers page.

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