Strategic Projects Lead - AI Safety

The role

You will partner with frontier AI labs to scope data problems and drive revenue. You will manage expert teams and design specifications for adversarial datasets and safety benchmarks.

What you will do

• Partner with safety, alignment, and trust & safety teams at frontier AI labs.
• Scoping data problems and translating them into deliverable programs.
• Recruit and lead specialized contributors including red teamers and security researchers.
• Design specifications for adversarial datasets, attack taxonomies, and safety benchmarks.
• Build repeatable red teaming methodologies and automated attack generation.
• Own projects from first conversation through final delivery.
• Support initiatives across building, analysis, coordination, and execution.

Required qualifications

• 2+ years in AI safety, red teaming, trust & safety, adversarial ML, or security research at a frontier AI lab, FAANG, top security firm, or equivalent.
• Hands-on adversarial experience such as jailbreaking, prompt injection research, offensive security, penetration testing, bug bounty, CTFs, or trust & safety investigations.
• Fluency with how safety work is structured including harm taxonomies, evaluation design, safety frameworks and model policy.
• High agency and the ability to execute in ambiguity.
• Strong writing.
• Genuine passion for AI and interest in entrepreneurship.
• Demonstrated track record of competitive success.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Python proficiency and the ability to write production-quality code.

Nice to have

• Published safety, alignment, or security research.
• Track record in bug bounty, CTF, or model red teaming competitions.
• Experience building automated red teaming or eval pipelines.
• Depth in a high-consequence risk domain (cyber, bio, fraud and financial crime, child safety, influence operations).
• Experience using AI tools to automate workflows and build products.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Daily UberEats Stipend
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Meaningful equity

About the company

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. They serve frontier AI labs to deliver data that powers models.