At a Glance
- Tasks: Transform AI control research into practical tools to enhance AI safety.
- Company: Join a pioneering team at Apollo Research focused on AI safety.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, diverse team culture, and opportunities for rapid responsibility.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on truth-seeking and constructive feedback.
- Why this job: Make a real-world impact on AI safety while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Passion for empirical research and experience in AI safety mechanisms.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Opportunity Join our AGI safety product team to transform AI control research into practical tools that reduce risks from AI.
As a Research Scientist (Control), you will work closely with the CEO, control researchers, and product engineers.
We are building Watcher, a monitoring tool for coding agents, and our monitoring research agenda translates compute into safety at scale.
You will join a small team with significant opportunity to shape the team and technology and to take on responsibility quickly.
You will like this opportunity if you are passionate about using empirical research to make AI systems safer in practice, enjoy translating theoretical AI risks into concrete detection mechanisms, thrive on rapid iteration and learning from data, and want your research to directly impact real-world AI safety.
Responsibilities Research sponsorship is not guaranteed for every role or candidate, but we will work to find the right visa route if an offer is made About the Team The Product team is new.
You will work closely with Marius Hobbhahn (CEO, leads the monitoring team), Victor Gillioz (Research Scientist), Monika Jotautaitė (Research Scientist), and our product engineers.
You will interact with other SWEs and researchers as we aim to be our own customer by using our products internally for research.
You can find the full team information here.
About Apollo Research The rapid rise in AI capabilities offers opportunities but also risks from Loss of Control.
We focus on detection and mitigations of scheming and related risks and work with frontier AI companies to test models before deployment.
We aim for a culture of truth-seeking, goal orientation, constructive feedback, and friendliness.
More details about working at Apollo can be found here.
We are developing tools like Watcher to prevent harms from widely deployed AI systems.
Equality Statement : Apollo Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We value diversity and provide equal opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
How to Apply Please complete the application form with your CV.
A cover letter is not required.
Feel free to share links to relevant work samples.
Interview process: multi-stage with a screening interview, a take-home test (about 2 hours), three technical interviews, and a final interview with the CEO.
Technical interviews relate to tasks you would perform on the job.
If you want to prepare, consider building simple monitors for coding agents and testing them on your own Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex traffic.
Your Privacy and Fairness : We protect your data, uphold fairness, and use AI-powered tools to assist with tasks such as resume screening in compliance with AI governance frameworks.
Resumes are screened by humans and final decisions are made by our team.
For questions about data processing or concerns about fairness, contact us at info@apolloresearch. ai. #J-18808-Ljbffr
