AI Integration Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of Rethink Priorities’ strategic approach to integrating AI within the organization.

• Suggest and prioritize AI investments while establishing the organizational trajectory.

• Design and implement thorough, decision-oriented evaluations of AI tools and workflows.

• Evaluate the impact of AI on quality, speed, and reliability.

• Identify trustworthy AI tasks and those that are not reliable.

• Develop and prototype agentic tools, plugins, MCP integrations, and lightweight internal applications.

• Collaborate with researchers and operational teams to comprehend workflows and pinpoint high-value AI use cases.

• Incorporate effective AI tools and workflows into everyday operations.

• Convert evaluation findings into guidance, policies, and training materials.

• Enhance the organization’s overall understanding of AI.

• Evaluate cybersecurity, data protection, and legal compliance risks related to AI tool usage.

• Document recommendations for the safe handling of AI tools.

• Stay informed on the rapidly changing AI landscape to ensure Rethink Priorities’ approach remains evidence-based.

• Report directly to Principal Research Director David Moss.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated strength in both thorough research judgment and technical fluency, with the ability to emphasize either area as needed.

• Skill in designing equitable, decision-relevant tests and adjusting direction based on outcomes.

• Practical experience with contemporary AI tools.

• Comfort with agentic coding tools like Claude Code.

• Capability to develop plugins and MCP integrations.

• Proficiency in writing scripts to extract functionalities from AI systems and assess them accurately.

• Self-motivated and experimental mindset.

• Ability to manage an ambiguous, rapidly evolving mandate without a predefined guide.

• Familiarity with effective-altruism-style research and the priorities of Rethink Priorities.

• Ability to thrive in a fully remote, globally distributed senior position.

• Professional proficiency in English is required.

• All application materials must be submitted in English.

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

• Nice-to-have: previous experience in AI enablement, evaluation, or applied AI/ML.

• Nice-to-have: background in software engineering or experience in developing internal tools.

• Nice-to-have: direct involvement in animal welfare, AI safety and strategy, global health and wellbeing, or general cause prioritization.

• Application requires a CV, cover letter, relevant prior work, and a response of no more than 1,000 words to the specified AI-evaluation question.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual salary ranging from $132,986–$146,447 USD pre-tax for a full-time role.

• Comprehensive global benefits program, including statutory benefits specific to local laws and supplemental benefits where applicable.

• Generous paid time off as well as unpaid leave options.

• Statutory paid and unpaid leave as applicable.

• Unlimited (within reason) personal and sick paid and unpaid leave.

• Mandated mid- and end-of-year organization-wide breaks if the temporary employment contract coincides with the break period.

• Additional paid and unpaid leave options, such as bereavement leave.

• Annual technology stipend of $500 USD for work and office equipment.

• Opportunities for learning, including workshops and training sessions.

• Virtual co-working spaces, featuring a private Rethink Priorities Focusmate group.

• RP Peer Support Program for new employees.

• Additional benefits at the discretion of RP Leadership.

• Remote-first work environment with flexible hours and schedules.

• Supportive team that values respectful workplace relationships and a healthy work-life balance.

• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.

• Minimal administrative bureaucracy.

• Paid skills assessment at $45 per hour.