Applied Research Scientist

Alinia’s Mission 

Your part (why does this role exist?)

Role Overview and Role Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Innovate and refine evaluation methods that assess LLMs along multiple alignment dimensions.
• Create robust techniques for synthetic data augmentation to enhance the assessment of LLMs.
• Develop streamlined approaches for aligning LLMs through supervised fine-tuning and preference optimization.
• Document research projects, progress, and experimentation results and share findings with the broader team.
• Work closely with the product development team to transform research insights into actionable AI solutions and strategies for the Alinia Platform.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in LLM evaluation, alignment, optimization, and related technologies.

Skills and Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• MSc in Computer Science, AI, Linguistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in LLMs, ML, or NLP.
• Demonstrated research capability with publications in reputable AI, ethics, or machine learning conferences and journals.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.
• Demonstrated knowledge and practical experience in LLM training (Please note: this is a strict requirement for the position).

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, AI, Linguistics, or a related field.
• Contributions to open-source projects or public datasets in the field of AI.
• First-author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences.
• Experience with synthetic data generation, LLM as a judge frameworks, LLM post-training.

Why Join Alinia?

• Cutting-edge tech: Work on one of the most important challenges in AI—alignment, safety, and trust
• High ownership & growth: Be a core part of the early engineering team with massive upside
• Flexible work: Hybrid or remote work, with preference for CET time zone
• Collaborative culture: Small, experienced, mission-driven team
• Impact: Directly shape the technical foundation of an AI governance platform adopted by enterprises