Overview
BOUT ABUNDANT Abundant is a research lab focused on identifying approaches to solve the longest-horizon tasks. We pride ourselves on having an extremely talent-dense team united behind our long-term approach to building businesses. THE ROLE As a Member of Technical Staff with a focus on Safety, you will work directly with Abundant's founding team to ensure that the research we are producing is conducted in a responsible manner and will benefit society as a whole. You will embed AI safety principles in to all of our company's workflows and products. WHAT YOU’LL DO Foundational Capability Research & Execution: Architect and execute research nested within Abundant's focus areas (long-horizon and simulation) Drive the conversation: Establish Abundant as a leader in AI post-training safety. Build novel tooling: Identify opportunities to build tooling that can help Abundant further our safety
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Description
Full Job Description
BOUT ABUNDANT
Abundant is a research lab focused on identifying approaches to solve the longest-horizon tasks.
We pride ourselves on having an extremely talent-dense team united behind our long-term approach to building businesses.
THE ROLE
As a Member of Technical Staff with a focus on Safety, you will work directly with Abundant's founding team to ensure that the research we are producing is conducted in a responsible manner and will benefit society as a whole. You will embed AI safety principles in to all of our company's workflows and products.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
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Foundational Capability Research & Execution: Architect and execute research nested within Abundant's focus areas (long-horizon and simulation)
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Drive the conversation: Establish Abundant as a leader in AI post-training safety.
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Build novel tooling: Identify opportunities to build tooling that can help Abundant further our safety goals.
WHO YOU ARE
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Exceptional Research Depth & Strategic Vision: A PhD in a related field (e.g., CS, ML, NLP) with a world-class publication record (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) is preferred. You must possess the velocity to master complex fields and a proven track record in the productization of research, encompassing high-stakes evaluation, large-scale benchmarking, and product feature development.
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Proven experience shipping research directly to production and live systems, specifically focusing on advanced post-training, distillation, and high-stakes evaluation methodologies.
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Large-scale agent systems: orchestration frameworks, tool APIs, distributed execution, observability, and logging infrastructure.
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Strategic & Ethical Leadership: You possess a thoughtful, strategic perspective on the societal and safety impacts of deploying general-purpose AI systems. Experience advising on or shaping governmental policy related to AI safety and governance is preferred.
COMPENSATION
Base Salary
$250,000 - $450,000
Cash Bonus
Sizable performance bonus tied to project and company milestones
Equity
Generous early-stage grant
Benefits
Health, dental, vision + flexible PTO
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