Applied Researcher (Monitoring)

Apollo Research(1 month ago)

London, United KingdomOnsiteFull TimeSenior$170,507 - $230,386 (estimated)AI Research

About this role

This role is an applied researcher position on Apollo Research’s new AGI safety monitoring team, focused on making AI coding agents safer in practice. The researcher will collaborate closely with the CEO, monitoring engineers, and software engineers to design and validate monitoring tools for AI agent safety and security failures. The position emphasizes turning cutting-edge AI safety research into practical monitoring systems and evaluation frameworks. The role is based in London with significant influence over the direction of the team and technology.

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Required Skills

Empirical Research
LLM Evaluation
AI Coding Agents
Failure Mode Analysis
Experiment Design
Data Analysis
Prompt Engineering
Monitoring Design
Model Scaffolding
Python Programming

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About Apollo Research

apolloresearch.ai

Apollo Research is an independent AI safety research organization focused on reducing dangerous capabilities in advanced models, with particular emphasis on deceptive or “scheming” behaviors. They design model evaluations and conduct interpretability research to better understand state-of-the-art systems and detect emerging risks. Their governance team also provides technical guidance to global policymakers and stakeholders to help shape safer deployment and oversight as AI systems become more widely integrated.