Roles
All applications are rolling with no set deadline unless otherwise indicated.
In-person (preferred) or hybrid employee role at $240k–$318k per year.
In-person (preferred) or hybrid employee role at $181k–$276k per year.
In-person (preferred) or hybrid employee role at $276k–$420k per year.
We’d like to hear from anyone who would like to work with us in any capacity!
About us
METR is a non-profit doing empirical research to test for whether frontier AI models possess the capability to permanently disempower humanity. We develop scientific methods to assess these risks accurately, and work with frontier AI companies (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic), and government agencies to deploy these assessments. Our work helps ensure the safe development and deployment of transformative AI systems.
Some highlights of our work so far:
- Establishing autonomous replication evaluations: Thanks to our work, it’s now an industry norm to test models for autonomous capabilities (such as self-improvement and self-replication).
- Pre-release evaluations: We’ve worked with OpenAI and Anthropic to evaluate their models pre-release, and our research has been widely cited by policymakers, AI labs, and within government.
- Early commitments from labs: The safety frameworks of Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic all credit or endorse our work in developing responsible scaling policies.
- Our work has been internationally recognized, e.g. by the UK government and Time Magazine.
- Inspiring lab evaluation efforts: Multiple leading AI companies are building their own internal evaluation teams, inspired by our work.
We are a motivated, fast-paced, growing team (currently ~25 people). Candidates should be excited about working entrepreneurially in a rapidly changing environment while helping to strengthen the organization's operational rigor.
We are able to sponsor visas for technical roles and offer our staff extensive immigration support as needed. Compensation is competitive with Bay Area tech roles, excluding equity. We have flexible working hours and provide unlimited PTO to all employees. In addition to health, dental, and long-term disability insurance, we also offer benefits for mental health, productivity, and professional development.
How we hire
The core of our hiring process is our work tests. After an initial resume screen, we send candidates 1-3 example tasks similar to what they’d be doing in the role. We provide work test honoraria for time spent on these tasks, whether or not the candidate moves forward in the pipeline. For some roles, we also conduct interviews, though these are given substantially less weight than work tests in evaluating candidates. The final stage of our hiring process is the work trial, where candidates work directly with our team. This allows both the candidate and the hiring manager to get a very real sense of what working together is like. We reimburse all travel and lodging expenses for trials, in addition to paying at or above our rate for a permanent employee in that role.
We encourage you to apply even if your background may not seem like the perfect fit! We would rather review a larger pool of applications than risk missing out on a promising candidate for the position.