AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States
156 open roles for AI safety and evaluation specialists in the United States as of Nov 15, 2026. Anthropic, OpenAI, LangChain, Lila Sciences and Waymo have the most. 18 are remote and the median advertised salary is $265K.
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Skills asked for in AI safety and evaluation roles in the United States
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- Test & Evaluation EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Channel Islands, California, United States$88K - $117KComputer VisionSecurity clearanceTest planning
- Research Manager, AI SafetyCbai · 🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts$120K - $160K
- Program Manager, AI Safety & AIxBioCbai · 🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts$125K - $165K
- Senior AI Quality & Evaluation EngineerSolvd · 🇺🇸USA—RemoteSeniorPythonMachine LearningLLM
- AI Agent Evaluation EngineerCresta · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Canada (Remote); United States (Remote)—RemotePythonLLMAI
- Member of Technical Staff, EvalsMagic.dev · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $550KRemoteMachine LearningLLM evaluation
- Subject Matter Experts: Machine Learning Model EvaluationTerac · 🇺🇸United States—RemoteMachine LearningAILLM evaluation
- Senior AI Product Manager, Evals & AnnotationsArize AI · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$200K - $250KRemoteSeniorLLMAI agentsGenerative AI
- Optical Test Engineer - Test, Alignment & IntegrationStar Catcher · 🇺🇸Jacksonville, Florida, United States—PythonAngularMATLAB
- Tech Lead, Applied AI - EvalsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$260K - $500KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Associate Director, Responsible AI SolutionsFord Foundation · 🇺🇸New York, USA—Lead and abovePythonSQLGCP
- Software Engineer, Applied AI- EvalsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $250KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards EvalsAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsLLM evaluation
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Evals and Self-Improvement (Nova)Iterable · 🇺🇸REMOTE - US$150K - $250KRemoteSeniorPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Research Engineer, Model Evaluation and ImprovementBenchling · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$136K - $167KLLMLLM evaluationDesign systems
- Counsel, AI Safety & Cyber Incident ResponseOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $280KHybridAIIncident response
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Data & EvalsHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco · +1 more location$230K - $450KHybridPythonLLMAI agents
- Model Evaluation Program ManagerDyna Robotics · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$140K - $160KPythonMachine LearningLLM evaluation
- Member of Technical Staff, Evals and Post-TrainingProfound · 🇺🇸New York, New York$230K - $325KPythonLLMFigma
- Staff Software Engineer – Testing & Evals FrameworksIDMe · 🇺🇸McLean, Virginia; Mountain View, California, United States$174K - $253KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- AI Security ResearcherCogent Security · 🇺🇸Remote, US—RemotePythonLLMCI/CD
- AI Red Team ResearcherRealitydefender · 🇺🇸New York City$155K - $185KPythonPyTorchAI
- Enforcement Analyst, Agentic AlignmentAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York Ci…$245K - $285KPythonJavaScriptShell scripting
- Incident Manager, SafeguardsAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York Ci…$245K - $285KSQLIncident responseThreat intelligence
- AI Engineer - Data and EvalsGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $280KPythonTypeScriptSQL
- Staff Product Manager - AI EvalsTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$161K - $389KLead and aboveAISecurity clearanceAI agents
- Researcher, Misalignment Monitoring LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $500KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMLLM evaluation
- Product Manager, EvalsExa · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$160K - $300KHubSpot
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Safety + Alignment, SearchOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $850K
- Senior / Principal Computational Biologist, AI SafetyLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$268K - $384KLead and aboveLLMAI
- Senior / Principal Materials Scientist, AI SafetyLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$268K - $384KLead and aboveAI
- Staff Technical Product Manager, EvalsHercules · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $350KLead and aboveTypeScriptReactPostgreSQL
- Software Engineering Manager, AI Observability & Evals Platform (New York, NY)LangChain · 🇺🇸New York, NY$200K - $250KGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Engineering Manager, AI Observability & Evals Platform (Boston)LangChain · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$220K - $270KGoPythonTypeScript
- Policy Program Manager, Safeguards RegulatoryAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC$245K - $285KIncident responseRegulatory compliance
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Agent Evals & Efficiency)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Model Behavior Engineer, Reasoning and Decision MakingElicit · 🇺🇸Oakland, CA (or remote within US timezones)—RemotePython
- Model Policy Manager, National SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$207K - $335KHybridSecurity clearance
- AI Safety Residency — Scale Labs Preparedness & Policy (SLPreP)Scale AI · 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸Canada; United Kingdom; United States—LLMA/B testingTechnical writing
- Staff Software Engineer, AI SafetyLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$192K - $288KLead and abovePythonAI
- Manager / Senior Manager, AI Safety Data and Evaluation ProgramLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$180K - $256KSeniorAI
- Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety MitigationsLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$224K - $336KLead and aboveAI
- Staff / Principal Security Engineer, AI Safety and SecurityLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$192K - $306KLead and aboveAI
- FullStack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$145K - $180KGoPythonTypeScript
- Member of Technical Staff - Pre-Training Evals InfraReflectionai · 🇺🇸New York, NY—RustPythonC++
- Senior II/ Staff Robotics Platform Evaluation EngineerLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$137K - $218KLead and above
- Staff+ Fullstack Software Engineer, Safeguards EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Research Engineer, Safety & AlignmentCognition · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (NY)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $240KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Communications Manager, SafeguardsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$265K - $295K
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Who is hiring for AI safety and evaluation roles in the United States
Where AI safety and evaluation roles in the United States are
- 🇺🇸United States156
- 🇺🇸California112
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area107
- 🇺🇸New York, NY32
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC16
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA15
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom10
- 🇪🇺Europe10
- 🇬🇧London9
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA8
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What AI safety and evaluation roles in the United States pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $271K | 85 |
| Senior | $210K | 17 |
| Lead and above | $280K | 25 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States
- How many AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States are open right now?
- There are 156 open AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States at 74 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 13 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States?
- Right now the most openings are at Anthropic (32), OpenAI (12), LangChain (10), Lila Sciences (8) and Anduril Industries (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States?
- 18 of the 156 open AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States (12%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States pay?
- The median advertised salary is $265K, based on 127 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $212K and $328K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States?
- 1 of the 156 open AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States (1%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 48 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 74 companies are hiring and 13 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States?
- 107 of the 156 open AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States (69%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, Machine Learning. Employers still list 156 such roles today at 74 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States ask for?
- Most often Python (47%), LLM (43%), LLM evaluation (33%), AI (30%), Machine Learning (24%) of the 156 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States?
- Member of Technical Staff (16), Research Engineer (10), Researcher (5), Safeguards Enforcement Analyst (5), Software Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 156 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States in demand in 2026?
- 156 AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 74 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 13 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $265K. 18 (12%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for AI safety and evaluation jobs in the United States?
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