Research Lead - Pre-training Safety is open at Far.ai in Berkeley Office (remote). The posting gives a salary of $290K - $450K. Posted on Sep 8, 2026, and still on Far.ai’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Research Leads define and own a research workstream end-to-end. Day-to-day, that means: - Articulate a research agenda with a clear theory of change for mitigating catastrophic risks from human-level or superhuman AI systems, and/or vastly increasing the upside of such systems. - Grow and lead a team of technical staff in pursuit of this agenda, either directly or in partnership with an engineering co-lead. - Lead…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Far.ai’s careers page.
Hiring at Far.ai
Far.ai has 20 open roles right now, 12 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Data & Research and Operations. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $200K. See all its roles