AI Safety & Security Researcher

Giskard defends the vision of a Responsible AI that serves the economic performance of companies while respecting the rights of citizens. We are building a holistic testing platform for AI professionals to evaluate the quality & security of Generative AI applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs). Since 2021, we've been building based on open-source foundations (4K+ stars on GitHub) and pushing the frontier of applied AI Safety & Security research, helping major customers like BPCE, SG, AXA, Michelin secure their GenAI applications. We've raised €1.5M in 2022, received €3M from the European Commission in 2023, and won a €3M grant in 2024 with partners like Mistral AI.

**Missions:**
Working directly with Giskard's CTO, your missions will be to:
* Design and implement robust methodologies to test, evaluate, and benchmark LLMs for enterprise use cases, integrating them into our core platform.
* Work closely with our engineering team to translate research concepts into production-ready code, participating in the full development lifecycle from prototyping to deployment.
* Conduct our scientific watch, reading academic papers in the fields of AI Testing / Benchmarking / Security.
* Communicate findings with other AI teams at customers & partners, such as Mistral AI, AWS, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, in the form of presentations and papers.
* Provide technical expertise and actionable recommendations on customer projects.

**Requirements:**
* Ph.D. in Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence or equivalent experience, preferably with previous experience with Generative AI / LLMs.
* Located in France or willing to relocate.
* Strong knowledge of Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence research, with particular focus on LLMs.
* Demonstrated applied research experience with a focus on practical applications and tool development.
* Strong skills in software engineering (use of Git, production-ready code) and the Python stack.
* Strong written & oral communication skills in English.
* Bonus: contributions to open-source projects are appreciated.
* Bonus: knowledge of cybersecurity fundamentals and risk management is also a plus.

**About You:**
* Passionate about building robust solutions to real-life problems.
* Driven by customer needs & outstanding user experience.
* Willing to build a real product and see it being used by customers.
* Hungry for learning new skills every day.
* Conscious about technology's role in our society.
* Empathetic team player with an entrepreneurial mindset.

**Benefits:**
* Remote-flex (Paris office available weekly/monthly).
* Remote office kit (MacBook, monitor, etc.).
* Comprehensive health insurance (SideCare and AXA).
* Significant equity package (0.1 - 0.3%).