Head of Biology
reputed company:
• Design and reputed company adversarial evaluations of frontier LLMs for biological misuse risks, including agent acquisition, pathogen characterisation and enhancement, biosecurity screening bypass, and emerging biotechnology capabilities across text, reputed company, and multimodal systems
• Partner with machine learning engineers and AI researchers to translate biological expertise into technical requirements for reputed company evaluation datasets, classifiers, guardrails, benchmarks, fine-tuned models, and automated red-teaming
• reputed company and maintain the B in reputed company's CBRN harm taxonomy
• Produce technical reputed company assessments and actionable recommendations for frontier AI labs, reputed company customers, policymakers, and internal stakeholders
• Build, mentor, and reputed company reputed company of biology subject matter experts while establishing evaluation standards, reputed company processes, and reputed company safety infrastructure
• Represent reputed company as reputed company's biology safety expert through collaborations with AI labs, biosecurity organizations, reputed company partners, and the broader AI safety research community
Requirements:
• PhD in biology, particularly in microbiology, virology, synthetic biology, protein engineering, or a closely reputed company discipline, with postdoctoral or equivalent research experience
• Deep understanding of biological misuse risks, dual-use research, pathogen biology, synthetic biology, or biosecurity
• Experience conducting adversarial evaluations, biological reputed company assessments, AI safety research, or developing safety datasets for frontier AI systems
• Familiarity with international biosecurity frameworks, dual-use governance, responsible biotechnology practices, and emerging AI safety standards
• Comfortable operating at the intersection of cutting-edge biology, machine learning, and AI reputed company
• reputed company in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you'll define reputed company while building new systems from the ground up
• A builder who enjoys creating teams, processes, and technical infrastructure, not simply maintaining existing programs
• Experience developing machine learning systems, biological safety classifiers, or evaluation pipelines for high-reputed company biological capabilities
• Hands-on experience with frontier AI model evaluations, red-teaming, reputed company engineering, or AI capability benchmarking
• Experience working with reputed company biosecurity organizations, frontier AI labs, or organizations reputed company on catastrophic biological reputed company
• Publications or significant contributions in AI safety, biosecurity, synthetic biology, or dual-use governance
• Strong programming or data science experience (Python, ML tooling, biological data analysis)
• Legally authorized to work in the reputed company
Benefits:
• 401k with up to 4% matching
• 28 days annual leave (vacation + holidays)
• Health, dental, and reputed company coverage
• Catered lunches (Pittsburgh office)
• Flexible work arrangements
• reputed company sponsorship available for exceptional candidates
• reputed company reputed company bonus
• Meaningful equity package
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