Principal Research Scientist – AI Safety

Overview

In this role, you will lead Faculty’s AI safety research program, focusing on large language models and safety-critical systems. You’ll guide a small, high-agency team, drive external publications, and align research with the company’s ambition to build trustworthy AI. You’ll tackle high-impact safety challenges and shape the field through strategic, publications-driven work. This is a chance to influence safety directions at the intersection of research and real-world deployment.

Pay / Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
• Private healthcare and dental
• Enhanced parental leave
• Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working
• Sanctus Coaching
• Hybrid Working (2 days in London office)

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI safety research agenda and set priorities aligned with long-term goals
• Oversee cutting-edge safety research for LLMs and safety-critical systems
• Publish high-impact findings in top conferences/journals
• Shape the research plan by balancing scientific and practical priorities
• Build, manage, and mentor a growing research team
• Collaborate on evaluations and red-teaming in high-risk domains (CBRN, cybersecurity)
• Position Faculty as a thought leader through research and stakeholder engagement

Key requirements

• Proven track record of high-impact AI research with top-tier publications or equivalent
• Deep domain knowledge in language models and AI safety
• Strong research judgment and experience in AI safety with novel directions
• Ability to oversee complex technical projects; advanced programming skills (Python, data science stack)
• People leadership and development mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for diverse audiences
• Solid understanding of AI safety landscape and resource development ability

• leadership
• mentorship
• collaboration
• Python
• data science stack
• AI safety

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