Researcher​/Senior Researcher

Epoch AI is looking for a Researcher to help develop research agendas for Epoch and manage new research projects.

We're hiring a Researcher, reporting to Senior Researcher JS Denain, to help define our future research directions and kick off new investigations into the most important trends in AI. You will also help manage select consulting engagements with external partners.

Our work takes several forms:

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Research reports: JS’s team oversees exploration into new topics spanning the entire AI production pipeline: from compute stocks and datacenter power requirements, to model capabilities and benchmark performance, to adoption trends and economic impacts.

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Gradient Updates: Our weekly newsletter offering timely commentary on important developments in AI, from the author’s perspective.

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Consultations: We address clients’ AI-related questions. This includes governments, some companies like Bridgewater AIA Labs, and nonprofits like Sentinel Bio.

— Estimating how quickly inference costs are falling at a given capability level

— Studying catch‑up dynamics between frontier and open‑source models

— Correlating capability benchmarks with real‑world adoption metrics

— Forecasting robotics capabilities and production trends

— [Your project idea here!]

This role is fully remote and we are able to hire in many countries, although we prefer candidates who overlap significantly with the Pacific timezone (UTC-8/-7) as JS and other researchers are based there.

Please do not include a cover letter, photograph, or headshot of yourself, or any personal information that is not relevant to the role for which you're applying (including marital status, age, identity traits, etc.).

Applications are rolling—apply soon!

• Pitching and developing new research projects
  ; kick‑off new investigations into the most important questions in AI.
• Making estimates and forecasts based on limited information for quantities like compute resources, power supply curves, or future capabilities.
• Staying at the frontier
  : tracking new model releases, technical reports, and benchmark results, and identifying which developments matter most for understanding AI trends.
• Evaluating technical claims to assess whether reported benchmark scores, training costs, or algorithmic improvements are credible. For example, what should we think of a lab’s reports of achieving IMO gold, or claims about Deep Seek‑R1’s training costs?
• Managing multiple work streams with varying timelines, from rapid‑turnaround client questions to longer research projects.

• Curiosity and learning speed
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  You can rapidly absorb new information across diverse domains and stay at the forefront of a fast‑moving field. You seek out new research and enjoy diving into unfamiliar topics.
• Estimation and forecasting skills
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  You’re comfortable making quantitative estimates with limited information and reason clearly about uncertainty.
• Prior research experience in at least one part of the AI pipeline (hardware, datacenters, benchmarks, AI research, etc.).
• Strong coding skills for running and iterating on data analyses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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• Nice to have
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  Prior forecasting experience, familiarity with Epoch’s body of work.
• We expect great candidates might have prior experience as analysts or researchers, but this is not a requirement.

If you don't tick all these boxes but think you would be a great fit, please consider applying anyway!

• Annual salary between $100,000 and $250,000 USD, depending on prior experience.
• Salaries are not restricted to USD, and contracts and payments are usually in local currencies. Conversions are based on one‑year average exchange rates.
• Remote environment, including flexible work hours and schedule.
• Competitive global benefits program, including a comprehensive health insurance program— including supplemental benefits specific to a local country, as available and mandated by local law—and life insurance and a pension plan, if applicable in your country.
• Generous paid time off (PTO), including no specific annual limit, with 30 days PTO per…