Senior ML Engineer - AI Safety & Evaluation
Job in
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 95199, USA
Listed on 2026-06-18
Listing for:
A10 Networks
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-18
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
AI Evaluation, AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Machine Learning/ ML Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
We operate at the intersection of model development and real-world deployment, with a mission to build systems that can proactively detect and prevent jailbreaks, toxic behaviors, and other forms of misuse. Our work blends applied research, systems engineering, and evaluation design to ensure safety is built into our models at every layer.
About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to help lead our efforts in designing, building, and evaluating next-generation safety mechanisms for foundation models. You’ll guide a team of research engineers focused on scaling safety interventions, building tooling for red teaming and model inspection, and designing robust evaluations that stress-test models in realistic threat scenarios.
What You’ll DoLead the development of model-level safety defenses to mitigate jailbreaks, prompt injection, and other forms of unsafe or non-compliant outputs
Design and develop evaluation pipelines to detect edge cases, regressions, and emerging vulnerabilities in LLM behavior
Contribute to the design and execution of adversarial testing and red teaming workflows to identify model safety gaps Support fine-tuning workflows, pre/post-processing logic, and filtering techniques to enforce safety across deployed models
Work with red teamers and researchers to turn emerging threats into testable evaluation cases and measurable risk indicators
Stay current on LLM safety research, jailbreak tactics, and adversarial prompting trends, and help translate those into practical defenses for real-world products
What We’re Looking For5+ years of experience in machine learning or AI systems, with 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity
Experience integrating safety interventions into ML deployment workflows (e.g., inference servers, filtering layers, etc.)Good understanding of transformer-based models and experience with LLM safety, robustness, or interpretability
Strong background in evaluating model behavior, especially in adversarial or edge-case scenarios
Strong communication skills and ability to drive alignment across diverse teams
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related fieldAI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
Compensation up to 192K
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Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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