Lead, Research Scientist AI Security

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Job Description

As Sr, Research Scientist - AI Security you will have the responsibility of exploring via academic partnerships topics related to the safety and security of Generative AI. The NLP community dedicates significant research resources to the core aspects of building more natural conversational agents, ServiceNow research is interested in studying complementary dimensions that are relevant to enterprise use cases.  

Research scientists contribute to the flagship projects of the team, set up their own research agenda within the topics of the research team, supervise interns, and collaborate with their colleagues and the global AI community.  We expect all research scientists to also be capable of writing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing the research software that they work with. 

Research scientists are also responsible for being on top of the latest trends and discoveries and for sharing their knowledge with their colleagues through internal communications and collaborative projects. 

Research scientists are also responsible to act as scientific advisors for other teams in need of their expertise and contribute to the products of the company.  

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we need someone who has: 

• A Ph.D. in machine learning, deep learning, computer science, artificial intelligence, or a related field.   
• Preferred: 5 years of research experience post-Ph.D. and 2 years in leading a research team.  
• A getting-things-done mindset with a desire to push the boundary of fundamental knowledge, while keeping practical applications in sight. 
• Experience in a topic related to Safety and security and, optionally, in working with large language models.   
• Experience and mastery of scientific programming with Python and Numpy, and optionally also with Java, JavaScript, or R.   
• Experience and mastery of deep learning programming in Pytorch and optionally with Tensorflow.   
• Experience contributing to research communities and/or efforts including publishing papers at top international conferences such as (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, etc.)   
• Desire to work in a diversified team. 

For positions in the Bay Area, we offer a base pay of 30092,700 - $337,300, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs (subject to eligibility requirements). Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located, and is subject to change based on work location.

Additional Information

ServiceNow is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nation