San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$135k–$165k/yr
About The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI. Some of our past achievements include: releasing t…
Skills: Recruiting, Sourcing, Talent acquisition, Interview design, ATS configuration
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$130k–$150k/yr
About the California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a globally renowned scientific and cultural institution located in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Home to a world-class plane…
Skills: Strategic planning, Museum education, Staff management, Budget management, Science communication
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$48/hr–$55/hr
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: Electrical testing, Linux, Bash, Python, C++
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: SolidWorks, GD+T, Engineering drawings, Hardware development, Surface modeling
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: SolidWorks, GD+T, Engineering drawings, Hardware development, Mechanical design
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: SolidWorks, GD+T, Engineering drawings, Hardware development, Surface modeling
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: Electrical Testing, Radiation Effects Analysis, PCB Design, Altium Designer, Oscilloscopes
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: Electrical Testing, Radiation Effects Analysis, Altium Designer, PCB Design, Oscilloscopes
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$180k–$235k/yr
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar…
Skills: C++, C, Embedded software, Firmware, TCP/IP
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$45/hr–$51/hr
Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a d…
Skills: Cloud services, Software engineering, Hardware-software integration, AI technologies, Spring Boot
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$45/hr–$51/hr
Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a d…
Skills: C, C++, Data structures, Algorithms, Memory management
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$45/hr–$51/hr
Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a d…
Skills: Machine learning, Software engineering, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$199k–$292k/yr
Role Overview We are seeking a Staff Simulation Engineer to build an end-to-end aerial autonomy simulation stack at DoorDash Labs. This is a highly technical, hands-on leadership role focused on defining and implementing…
Skills: Simulation Architecture, Flight Dynamics Modeling, Contact Modeling, Sensor Simulation, Software-in-the-loop (SITL)
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$160k–$235k/yr
About the Team DoorDash Labs, established in 2018, serves as the innovation hub for DoorDash, focusing on developing automation and robotics solutions to enhance last-mile logistics. The team's mission is to create techn…
Skills: Flight Test Planning, Data Analysis, Python, SQL, Flight Test Instrumentation
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$138k–$176k/yr
Lead mobile design strategy for Gallup products that enhance people's work and lives. As a senior product designer at Gallup, you will lead the design and development of Gallup's mobile experience across our strengths an…
Skills: Mobile design, Systems thinking, Interaction design, Visual craft, User flows
Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Hybrid
$125k–$185k/yr
Role Develop the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology at the heart of Azora's high-sensitivity optical transceivers. You will design, simulate, and characterize integrated photonic devices and modules; shepherdin…
Skills: Photonic integrated circuit design, Silicon photonics, Lumerical, Synopsys, KLayout
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Job Summary: Reporting to the Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab/Special Procedures or Imaging Services Manager, the Invasive Cardiovascular Specialist is responsible for performing a wide variety of specialized invasive cardiova…
Skills: Cardiac catheterization, Hemodynamic monitoring, Fluoroscopy, Radiologic technology, ECG rhythm interpretation
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$207k–$237k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research or a related field and 6 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered o…
Skills: SQL, Python, R, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
About Us Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creat…
Skills: Statistical Modeling, Experimentation, Machine Learning, SQL, Python
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$250k–$450k/yr
Salary range: $250,000 - $450,000/year + benefits Description: Transluce is a fast-moving nonprofit research lab building the public tech stack for AI evaluation and oversight. We have contributed foundational research t…
Skills: Generative AI, AI Evaluation, Python, LLM-as-a-judge, Experimental Design
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The Founding Recruiter will build the talent function from scratch, managing the full recruiting lifecycle for research, engineering, policy, and operations roles. They will partner with leadership to design hiring processes, sourcing strategies, and recruiting infrastructure to support the organization's growth.
Candidates must have prior experience building or significantly improving a recruiting function at a scaling organization, ideally a startup or research-focused entity. Strong judgment in prioritization, experience with ATS tools, and the ability to successfully close passive candidates for highly technical roles are essential.
The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI. Some of our past achievements include: releasing the most widely used measure of AI capabilities used by all major AI companies, running a large compute cluster to facilitate AI safety research which has been cited over 16,000 times, and publishing a global statement on AI Risk signed by Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and top AI CEOs.
This is a full-time, on-site role in San Francisco (local candidates only).
This is a rare chance to build the talent function at CAIS from scratch. As our Founding Recruiter, you'll be the driving force behind who joins CAIS, running the full arc from first outreach to signed offer across research, engineering, policy, and operations roles that shape where AI safety work goes next. You won't be handed a playbook and asked to run it; you'll decide what good hiring looks like here and build the muscle behind it as we grow.
You'll work in close, direct partnership with our Leaders and hiring managers, with real trust and autonomy in how you source, screen, and close candidates. If what excites you is building something that scales, rather than managing headcount for its own sake, this role is built for you.
We're looking for someone all-in: full-time, high-leverage, and genuinely excited to grow alongside us.
$145,000 - $185,000 annually, depending on experience.
Reducing societal-scale risks from AI through technical research and field-building.
The Center for AI Safety (CAIS — pronounced 'case') is a research and field-building nonprofit. Our mission is to promote the safe development of artificial intelligence through technical research and advocacy of machine learning safety in the broader research community.
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