AI Safety and Governance
/Individual contributor at the frontier
Alignment Research Scientist
Alignment methods
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Engagement
Full-Time
Permanent role. Full-time commitment. Primarily on-site, with limited remote flexibility.
Scope of role
Own complex problems end-to-end. Set technical direction. Mentor mid and junior teammates.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
Conduct original research on AI alignment — ensuring EduRankAI's models behave safely and in accordance with human values.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Research and implement alignment techniques (RLHF, Constitutional AI, etc.)
- 02 Design evaluation frameworks for alignment properties
- 03 Publish alignment research
- 04 Advise safety engineering on alignment-informed guardrails
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → PhD in AI, ML, or related field preferred
- → Research background in AI safety or alignment
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. The small per-application fee covers the real cost of processing your application — human review, identity verification, infrastructure, reviewer time. It buys us the right to be honest. Genuine financial hardship? Request a fee waiver inside the application — reviewed individually within 5 business days, with no record in your file and no second-class treatment of waiver-granted applications.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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