San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$400k–$600k/yr
About Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by unde…
Skills: Model Training, Post-training, AI Alignment, Interpretability, Team Management
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
About Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by unde…
Skills: Consultative Selling, Strategic Partnerships, Account Strategy, Technical Discovery, Commercial Negotiation
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
About Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by unde…
Skills: Consultative Selling, Strategic Partnerships, Technical Fluency, Account Strategy, Pipeline Management
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$130k–$170k/yr
About Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by unde…
Skills: Employee Lifecycle Management, Benefits Administration, Visa Coordination, Employment Law Compliance, HR Generalist
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Lead the model training organization to develop capable, aligned, and interpretable AI systems. Define the research agenda for intentional design and manage a high-performing team of researchers.
Requires extensive experience leading post-training or model training efforts within a frontier AI environment. Must have a proven track record of managing teams and balancing long-term research with near-term delivery.
Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by understanding the intelligence we're building.
Scaling has proven powerful, but today's approach is fundamentally limited: we can't meaningfully understand, debug, or shape what models learn. Every engineering discipline has been gated by fundamental science and AI is at that inflection point now.
We're advancing the science of how AI systems actually work. Treating models as black boxes is an unnecessary handicap—we have access to the structures inside them, and understanding those structures lets us steer what models learn, make them safer and more useful, and extract the vast knowledge they contain. Our goal is to make AI that can be understood, debugged, and shaped like software.
Goodfire is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with a team of the world’s top interpretability researchers and engineers from organizations like OpenAI and DeepMind. We're backed by over $200M from B Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, Eric Schmidt, and others.
We're hiring a Research Lead, Training to lead Goodfire's model training organization and define the research agenda behind how we train more capable, aligned, and interpretable AI systems, including exploring the research frontier of intentional design.
We’re looking for a senior research leader who can drive model training today while exploring the next generation of training methods, from interpretability-informed approaches to entirely new paradigms. You'll build, mentor, and grow a world-class team of researchers, set technical direction, and partner closely with scientific leadership to turn ambitious ideas into production systems and lasting research breakthroughs.
Goodfire is looking for individuals who embody our values and share our deep commitment to making interpretability accessible. We are building a team first and foremost.
All we do is in service of our mission. We trust each other, deeply care about the success of the organization, and choose to put our team above ourselves.
We are constantly looking to improve every piece of the business. We proactively critique ourselves and others in a kind and thoughtful way that translates to practical improvements in the organization. We are pragmatic and consistently implement the obvious fixes that work.
There are no bystanders here. We proactively identify problems and take full responsibility over getting a strong result. We are self-driven, own our mistakes, and feel deep responsibility over what we’re building.
We have a small amount of time to do something incredibly hard and meaningful. The pace and intensity of the organization is high. If we can take action today or tomorrow, we will choose to do it today.
We are hiring for this position in both our San Francisco HQ and our New York office. We are in person 5 days a week, with one company-wide remote week per month.
This role offers market competitive salary, equity, and competitive benefits.
The expected salary range for this position is $400,000 - $600,000 USD.
Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to join a vital mission at an important point in its trajectory — we are developing groundbreaking technology with a world-class team on the critical path to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity. If you want to do your life’s work with us, even if you believe you do not meet every single requirement, apply now.
AI interpretability research company building safe and powerful AI systems
Our mission is to advance humanity's understanding of AI by examining the inner workings of advanced AI models (or “AI Interpretability”). As a research-driven product organization, we bridge the gap between theoretical science and practical applications of interpretability. We're building critical infrastructure that empowers developers to understand, edit, and debug AI models at scale, ensuring the creation of safer and more reliable systems. Goodfire is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco.
Offices: San Francisco, CA, US
AI interpretability research company building safe and powerful AI systems
Our mission is to advance humanity's understanding of AI by examining the inner workings of advanced AI models (or “AI Interpretability”). As a research-driven product organization, we bridge the gap between theoretical science and practical applications of interpretability. We're building critical infrastructure that empowers developers to understand, edit, and debug AI models at scale, ensuring the creation of safer and more reliable systems. Goodfire is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco.
Offices: San Francisco, CA, US
