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We make safe LLM deployment more accessible and effective for companies of all sizes.\nYour part (why does this role exist?)\nDeveloping a robust and holistic alignment strategy and platform that combines state-of-the-art evaluation and optimization techniques, Responsible AI best practices and the realities of running a business is a complex task with applied research at the center.\nAs an Applied Researcher at Alinia, you will research, develop, and improve methods for the automated evaluation and postraining of Large Language Models (LLMs) as guardrails. This will shape the art of the possible for our customers and their clients.\nRole Overview and Role Responsibilities\nAt Alinia, our Applied Research Scientists play a pivotal role in creating the AI intellectual property and technologies that drive the development of Alinia's Alignment Platform. This role demands a profound understanding of LLMs, their evaluation, and effective alignment with a given set of values and policies. Applied Research Scientists are action-oriented and hands-on, tasked with developing practical AI tools that solve the main challenges our customers encounter with the safe and responsible deployment of LLM applications and that can be seamlessly integrated into our Platform. This role is designed for those ready to apply their expertise actively and decisively within a dynamic development environment.\nResponsibilities\nInnovate and refine evaluation methods that assess LLMs along multiple alignment dimensions.\nCreate robust techniques for synthetic data augmentation to enhance the assessment of LLMs.\nDevelop streamlined approaches for aligning LLMs through supervised fine-tuning and preference optimization.\nDocument research projects, progress, and experimentation results and share findings with the broader team.\nWork closely with the product development team to transform research insights into actionable AI solutions and strategies for the Alinia Platform.\nKeep up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in LLM evaluation, alignment, optimization, and related technologies.\nSkills and Qualifications\nMinimum Qualifications\nMSc in Computer Science, AI, Linguistics, or a related field.\nProven experience in LLMs, ML, or NLP.\nDemonstrated research capability with publications in reputable AI, ethics, or machine learning conferences and journals.\nStrong programming skills in Python.\nExperience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.\nDemonstrated knowledge and practical experience in LLM training (Please note: this is a strict requirement for the position).\nPreferred Qualifications\nPhD in Computer Science, AI, Linguistics, or a related field.\nContributions to open-source projects or public datasets in the field of AI.\nFirst-author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences.\nExperience with synthetic data generation, LLM as a judge frameworks, LLM post-training.\nWhy Join Alinia?\nCutting-edge tech: Work on one of the most important challenges in AI-alignment, safety, and trust\nHigh ownership & growth: Be a core part of the early engineering team with massive upside\nFlexible work: Hybrid or remote work, with preference for CET time zone\nCollaborative culture: Small, experienced, mission-driven team\n Impact: Directly shape the technical foundation of an AI governance platform adopted by enterprises","description_format":"text","description_chars":3517,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Spain","iso":"ES","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","LLM & Generative AI","AI Agents"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T23:56:20Z"}],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.285,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":382,"expected_fill_days":113,"reasons":["conf:47","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/alinia-applied-research-scientist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/alinia-applied-research-scientist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T22:52:45Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":510,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4490,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}