Head of AI Research

Job Description

Lead AI research that shapes how AI evaluates AI

Want to pioneer AI supervision systems that ensure powerful models can be safely trusted? This leadership role offers a rare chance to solve one of AI's most critical challenges: making AI systems that can effectively evaluate other AI.

You'll join a well-funded startup backed by top Silicon Valley VCs and led by a team with elite ML research backgrounds from FAIR, Meta Reality Labs, and quant finance. Their technology is already trusted by OpenAI, HP, and Fortune 100 companies across education, finance, and healthcare.

As Head of AI, you'll lead a team building cutting-edge evaluation systems that leverage memory, long-context reasoning, and multimodal capabilities. Your research won't just advance the field – it will be immediately implemented in products that solve real enterprise AI safety challenges.

The team has published at top ML conferences (NeurIPS, EMNLP, ACL) and developed models and benchmarks used by leading AI companies worldwide. Their evaluators already outperform OpenAI's by 18% in hallucination detection.

Your focus:

• Lead a research and ML engineering team developing state-of-the-art AI supervision systems
• Solve open research problems in evaluation, explainability, and robustness
• Set research vision alongside the CTO and establish rigorous research processes
• Guide development of novel benchmarks for SOTA AI systems
• Represent the company through publications, speaking, and industry relationships
• Build and grow a world-class technical team

You should have:

• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Linguistics or related field
• Strong publication record at top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, EMNLP, ACL)
• Experience conducting empirical NLP research in academic or industry settings
• Deep knowledge of transformer architectures and evaluation frameworks
• Experience training language models in applied or research contexts
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts across different audiences

The package:

• Competitive salary ($250K-$350K base)
• Meaningful equity in a well-funded startup
• Performance bonus
• Full health, dental and vision coverage
• 401k plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Regular global team off site days

Location preference for NYC or SF, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.

If you're passionate about ensuring advanced AI systems can be effectively supervised and evaluated, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the future of AI safety and deployment.