AI Engineer (Safety)

AI Singapore (AISG) is Singapore's national programme in artificial intelligence, launched by the National Research Foundation (NRF) to anchor deep national capabilities in AI. Hosted at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), AI Singapore brings together Singapore-based research institutions and the vibrant ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies to perform use-inspired research, grow knowledge, create tools, and develop the talent to power Singapore's AI efforts. Since our inception in 2017, we have established a culture of respect, continuous learning, experimentation and curiosity, centred around innovation.

The SEA-LION team is seeking a dedicated AI Engineer (Safety) to lead our safety model development. As we move towards value creation, this role will be accountable for ensuring that our AI models are safe for their targeted settings.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and implement safety and alignment strategies for Large Language Models (LLM).

• Develop guardrails and safeguard models.

• Analyse failure modes specific to Southeast Asian languages and cultural contexts.

• Identify culturally grounded safety risks and ensure our safety systems generalize robustly beyond English-centric assumptions for Southeast Asia languages and code-mixed text.

Requirements:

• Possess a PhD in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, or have equivalent practical experience.

• 5 to 7 years of related experience that includes safety alignment in LLMs, model evaluation for safety or robustness, and a track record of top-tier publications (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICLR) in the safety research area.

• Strong knowledge of Python and NLP concepts.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Fluent in English and one other Southeast Asian language for the purposes of understanding how to build quality safety training and evaluation data from a multilingual and multicultural perspective.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU