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AI Safety Policy Evaluator, Violence & Threats | Remote - US Only
HandshakeAI SafetyMid
AI Safety
$55K–$120K / yr
CareersUpdated September 5, 2026
AI Safety Jobs
8 open positions across the agentic economy.
01Overview
What is an AI Safety engineer?
An AI Safety engineer or researcher works on making frontier models behave as intended: alignment research, red-teaming, evaluations for dangerous capabilities, and policy infrastructure. The field splits roughly into technical safety (RLHF, interpretability, scalable oversight) and applied safety (model evals, jailbreak defenses, incident response). Hiring concentrates at frontier labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind), at safety-focused nonprofits (Redwood, METR, ARC Evals), and increasingly at any company shipping agentic systems where misuse risk is now a board-level concern.
As of September 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 8 open AI Safety positions across 6 companies. The median advertised salary is $108K–$168K per year (based on 4 listings with disclosed pay). 13% of roles are remote. The most active employers are Handshake, Anthropic, Gatik.
Full AI Safety salary data02At a glance
Role overview
- Top companies hiring
- Common skills
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- Remote availability
- 13% remote
- Salary range
- $55K – $220K
03Open roles
All AI Safety positions
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AI Safety Policy Evaluator, Violence & Threats | Seattle Onsite
HandshakeAI SafetyMid
AI Safety
$55K–$120K / yr
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Senior Systems & Safety Engineer – AI/ML
GatikAI SafetySenior
AI Safety
$160K–$220K / yr
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Principal System & AI Safety Engineer
Edge Case ResearchAI SafetyStaff
AI Safety
$200K–$215K / yr
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Anthropic Fellows Program, AI Safety & Security
AnthropicAI SafetyMid
AI Safety
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Software Engineer, Research Tools
AnthropicAI SafetyMid
AI Safety
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Technical Director of AI Safety
Faculty (faculty.ai)AI SafetyExecutive
AI Safety · Executive
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Research Associate (Embodied AI Safety)
Nanyang Technological UniversityAI SafetyJunior
AI Safety
04Common questions
Frequently asked
What is an AI Safety engineer?
An AI Safety engineer or researcher works on making frontier models behave as intended: alignment research, red-teaming, evaluations for dangerous capabilities, and policy infrastructure. The field splits roughly into technical safety (RLHF, interpretability, scalable oversight) and applied safety (model evals, jailbreak defenses, incident response). Hiring concentrates at frontier labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind), at safety-focused nonprofits (Redwood, METR, ARC Evals), and increasingly at any company shipping agentic systems where misuse risk is now a board-level concern.
How many AI Safety jobs are available?
As of September 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 8 open AI Safety positions across 6 companies, updated daily.
What is the average AI Safety salary?
The median advertised AI Safety salary is $108K–$168K per year, based on 4 listings with disclosed pay.
Are AI Safety jobs remote?
13% of the AI Safety roles currently tracked on AgenticCareers are remote.
Which companies are hiring AI Safety engineers?
The most active employers hiring AI Safety engineers right now are Handshake, Anthropic, Gatik.
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