AI Alignment Research Engineer

1 month ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Atla Ai Full time
Atla Ai: Safeguarding the Future of Humanity

About Us:

We're Atla Ai, a pioneering London-based start-up dedicated to engineering safe and beneficial AI systems. Our mission is to drive positive change in the world by developing cutting-edge AI evaluation models.

Role Overview:

As our alignment research engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI. You'll develop language models as evaluators and create safety guardrails for Large Language Models (LLMs) to ensure they align with human preferences.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement effective prompting strategies to steer LLMs towards strong evaluator alignment.
  • Develop comprehensive evaluation frameworks, including custom tooling, datasets, and metrics to assess alignment and safety risks.
  • Collaborate with our founding team and top-tier researchers to define and steer our evolving AI safety research direction, contributing significant findings to top conferences in the field.
  • Work closely with our leadership to navigate the complexities of AI alignment and build a high-performing applied research organization.

Requirements:

  • Exceptional ML engineering ability, with proficiency in training and evaluating language models across GPUs, preferably in PyTorch.
  • A proven track record in empirical research, including designing and executing experiments, and effectively writing up and communicating findings.
  • Strong software engineering experience with software design/architecture skills, preferably in Python.
  • Aptitude for distilling and applying ideas from complex research papers in our products.
  • Experience at elite AI research labs (OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta, Anthropic, etc.).

What We Offer:

  • A competitive salary range of £80,000 - £110,000 per annum, depending on experience.
  • A significant stake in equity as one of our early joiners.
  • The opportunity to work with a world-class team, backed by top investors and founders.

Why Choose Us?

At Atla Ai, we're passionate about making a positive impact on the world through responsible AI development. Join us in shaping the future of AI and driving meaningful change.



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