Strategic Projects Lead - AI Safety
Afterquery · San Francisco
About this role
**Strategic Projects Lead - AI Safety** **About AfterQuery** AfterQuery (https://www.afterquery.com/) is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. We serve frontier AI labs with the mission of delivering the best data to power the best models—making expertise that once took a lifetime available to anyone who needs it. **Why Apply** - **Massive Opportunity:** YC’s fastest unicorn, valued at **$3.2B** - **Founding Impact:** Own and architect core infrastructure systems powering the platform - **Equity & Growth:** Competitive salary and meaningful equity; shape the engineering org as you scale - **Strong Team:** Founding team with experience from Citadel Securities, Meta, Google, Silver Lake, Morgan Stanley, and more --- **Responsibilities** - **Project & client management:** Partner with safety, alignment, and trust & safety teams at frontier AI labs to scope hard data problems, translate them into deliverable programs, and drive revenue - **Manage expert teams:** Recruit and lead specialized contributors (red teamers, security researchers, trust & safety practitioners, domain risk experts) and maintain a high bar for quality - **Shape how frontier models are made safe:** Design specifications for adversarial datasets, jailbreak/attack taxonomies, refusal-boundary and over-refusal sets, and safety benchmarks - **Build the red teaming machinery:** Create repeatable methodologies (human red team campaigns, automated attack generation, coverage tracking against harm taxonomies) - **End-to-end execution:** Own projects from first conversation through final delivery in a fast-moving environment where specs may not yet exist - **Operational impact:** Support initiatives across building, analysis, coordination, and execution as the safety practice scales --- **Required Qualifications** - **2+ years** in AI safety, red teaming, trust & safety, adversarial ML, or security research (frontier AI lab, FAANG, top security firm, or equivalent) - **Hands-on adversarial experience:** jailbreaking/stress-testing frontier models, prompt injection research, offensive security, penetration testing, bug bounty, CTFs, or trust & safety investigations/enforcement - **Fluency in safety structure:** harm taxonomies, evaluation design, safety frameworks, and model policy - **High agency:** execute in ambiguity; define the problem before solving it - **Strong writing:** specify risk precisely enough for others to execute - **Passion for AI** and interest in entrepreneurship - **Demonstrated track record** of competitive success - **Leadership & communication skills** - **Python proficiency** and ability to write production-quality code --- **Preferred Qualifications** - 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/financial crime, child safety, influence operations) - Experience using AI tools to automate workflows and build products --- **Company Benefits (for eligible employees)** - Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental - 401(k) with Employer Match - Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend - Monthly Wellness Stipend - Commute Covered AfterQuery is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to legally protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are available as required by law.
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