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FAR.AI · 1 month ago

Head of Engineering (Research)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$200K/yr - $350K/yr

5+ years exp

FAR.AI is a non-profit AI research institute dedicated to ensuring advanced AI is safe and beneficial for everyone. They are seeking a Head of Engineering (Research) to manage and scale their research team, focusing on building effective project management systems and fostering collaboration both internally and externally.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)EventsNon Profit

H1B Sponsored

Responsibilities

Manage the leads of our research pods and engineering pod, holding them accountable for their respective pod’s progress

Instill excellent people and project management systems that enable researchers to iterate rapidly while maintaining rigor, including through mentorship and coaching of pod leads

Scale FAR.Research, growing our technical team from 15 to 30 FTE in the next 12 to 18 months and overseeing our hiring process

Proactively identify bottlenecks before they slow research down, and rapidly design and implement solutions – whether that's streamlining hiring, improving team processes, or connecting researchers with the support they need

Streamline interactions between FAR.Research and the rest of FAR.AI, enabling our communications and operations team to better support FAR.Research, and our team to develop strategic communication, events, and grant making initiatives

Ensure our work has real-world impact through deepening our relationships with leading AI companies (e.g. red-teaming) and government departments (e.g. threat assessment, research contracts)

Mentor individuals doing deep technical work; however, we expect this role to have minimal IC or engineering focused work

Qualification

AI safety researchTechnical team managementProject managementHiring process designCommunication skillsStakeholder managementMentorshipAdaptability

Required

Have at least 3 years experience managing technical teams, including some experience managing managers

Have thrived in rapidly evolving environments and successfully executed on pivots, such as in a start-up, rapidly growing team at a larger company, or in a research environment

Bring technical intuition from past hands-on work as an individual contributor

Can effectively communicate novel methods and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences

Have an interest in making AI trustworthy and secure

Preferred

Designed and refined hiring processes for technical positions

Have some prior experience operating in a research environment

Have some familiarity working with large language models

Benefits

We will also pay for work-related travel and equipment expenses.

We offer catered lunch and dinner at our offices in Berkeley.

Company

FAR.AI

FAR.AI is a technical AI research and education non-profit, dedicated to ensuring the safe development and deployment of frontier AI systems.

Founded in 2022

San Diego, California, USA

11-50 employees

https://far.ai

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