Patronus AI · 11 months ago
Research Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid LevelPatronus AI is a company focused on providing security and risk management for AI systems. They are seeking a Research Scientist who will develop state-of-the-art systems for AI evaluation and lead research projects addressing AI evaluation and robustness challenges.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityAgentic AINetwork SecurityProduct Research
Responsibilities
Develop state-of-the-art systems for AI evaluation. Implement algorithms and models based on state-of-the-art NLP advancements, especially in the areas of evaluation and LLM alignment
Conduct novel research on redteaming language models, automated evaluation and alignment
Scope out and lead research projects, including experiment design, timelines for research deliverables, understanding results
Develop processes for high quality research, including dataset collection, model training, benchmarking and inference
Experiment with latest technologies and proactively suggest experiments and improvements to research and ML systems. Adapt to changes in generative AI landscape, and incorporate new models into the platform when applicable
Assist in the construction of high quality, novel datasets for classification and generative tasks, through synthetic data augmentation techniques and publicly available datasets
Contribute to research to production efforts that advance product offerings
Collaborate closely with product and engineering in our globally-based team
Qualification
Required
Publications at leading AI conferences, journals or workshops, such as NeurIPS, ICML, EMNLP, ACL, AAAI
Experience conducting empirical NLP research in an academic or industry research lab
Knowledge and understanding of state-of-the-art machine learning concepts, with a focus on NLP. Familiarity with transformer-based architectures, attention mechanisms, evaluation metrics and benchmarks
Experience training language models in applied or research settings
Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
Creativity in problem solving and strong communication skills
Have good character, integrity and respect for others
Preferred
Ability to work out of NYC or SF
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity packages
Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
401(k) plan
Unlimited PTO
Fun global offsites!
Company
Patronus AI
Patronus AI develops simulation research and infrastructure to accelerate progress toward human-aligned AGI.
Founded in 2023
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Engineering and Development
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (1)
2025 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$70MKey Investors
Greenfield PartnersNotable CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners
2026-06-25Series B· $50M
2024-05-22Series A· $17M
2023-09-14Seed· $3M
Leadership Team
Anand Kannappan
Co-Founder and CEO
Rebecca Qian
Co-Founder and CTO
Recent News
2026-07-10
2026-07-02
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