Research Scientist, Takeoff Intel

📋 Description

• Identify signals tracking AI R&D acceleration and design evaluations
• Build quantitative models of capability growth using evaluation data
• Run experiments and evaluations to test automation and capability hypotheses
• Make opinionated research bets and own the outcome
• Write graded assessments of measurements for internal decisions and public reporting
• Collaborate with pretraining, RL, economic research, and policy teams

🎯 Requirements

• Hands-on research on large language models: pretraining, fine-tuning, RL, evals, or agents
• Strong quantitative instincts; comfortable with modeling and reasoning
• Experience in forecasting; may have AI forecasting publications
• Can design an evaluation from a vague question and defend the methodology
• Write clearly; calibrate findings and state what would change conclusions
• Motivated by impact; comfortable with graded assessments and system cards over papers

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space to collaborate