TL;DR

Research Scientist, SAMBA (AI): Contributing to empirical and conceptual research to identify and define appropriate model behavior in context and the societal impacts of AI. Focus on communicating findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Location: Must be based in New York City, New York, US

Salary: $166,000 - $244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits

Company

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What you will do

Identify new research areas and questions.
Design and conduct research and experiments.
Develop and test new metrics and measures.
Perform data analysis to synthesize and visualize research findings and evaluation results.
Lead writing results for research publications.
Communicate findings in non-research publications to non-technical audiences through presentations or briefs.

Requirements

A history of high impact research and publication in relevant areas, typically demonstrated by a PhD and/or strong publication record in a relevant field.
A disciplinary background in Computer Science, Economics, Computational Social Science, Data Science, Political Science, or similar involving technical/quantitative skills and consideration of impacts on people or society is desired.
Proficiency in programming languages like R or Python (with experience in relevant libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) or other scripting languages.
Solid understanding of statistical concepts, and ability to perform basic data analysis and visualization.
Experience with or demonstrated interest in AI evaluation.
Good communication and collaboration skills: an ability to effectively communicate and work with researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds in research publications, policy briefs, and/or presentations targeted at both technical and non-technical audiences.

Culture & Benefits

Committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Research Scientist, Samba (AI)