Research Scientist

1 month ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
FUTURESEARCH

FUTURESEARCH

Forecasting backed with a public track record on stocks, prediction markets, public benchmarks, and forecasting tournaments. Research trusted by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI.

Internet Software & Services

Description

  • Evaluate and improve state-of-the-art forecasting systems and agentic LLM web research.
  • Study modern AI systems and their impact on the world.
  • Identify open research problems and devise innovative solutions.
  • Build evaluations and benchmarks that demonstrate whether methods are working.
  • Research LLM behavior and reliability, including whether LLM-generated information is true.
  • Research epistemics topics such as search, forecasting, judgment, and truth assessment.
  • Work with frontier labs on research, evaluation, and training.

Requirements

  • Background in math, physics, computer science, or another equivalent quantitative field.
  • Current interest in studying modern AI systems and their effects on the world.
  • Ability to start from an open problem and develop an innovative approach.
  • Ability to build strong evaluations or benchmarks to validate results.
  • Experience researching LLMs.
  • Experience researching epistemics, including search, forecasting, judgment, or establishing truth of claims.
  • Experience creating benchmarks or datasets to evaluate AI systems.
  • Strong motivation to improve AI epistemics and human decision making in the near term.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work with flexible hours.
  • Primary in-person hubs in San Francisco, New York City, and London with 4-6 team meetups per year.
  • Salary range of $125,000 to $225,000 depending primarily on country.
  • Higher-than-average equity.
  • Total compensation near the top for seed-stage startups with room to grow.
  • Full benefits package including healthcare, paternity/maternity leave, equipment, and travel expenses.
  • High-trust work environment.

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