Shape the UK's response to frontier AI

Who thrives here

• Mission-first owners. You spot what needs doing—at AISI and in the world—and take responsibility.
• Ambitious & agentic. You’re not daunted by a challenge and want to make a big difference. When you’re blocked, you look for a way.
• Pragmatists. You track what moves decisions and drop work that doesn’t.
• Bridge-builders. You’re excited to work across research teams, companies, non-profits, and governments.
• Teammates who care. You love teams that are highly collaborative and have each other’s backs.

What we offer:

Impact you couldn't have anywhere else

• Incredibly talented, mission-driven and supportive colleagues.
• Direct influence on how frontier AI is governed and deployed globally.
• Work with the Prime Minister’s AI Advisor and leading AI companies.
• Opportunity to shape the first & best-resourced public-interest research team focused on AI security.

Resources & access

• Pre-release access to multiple frontier models and ample compute.
• Extensive operational support so you can focus on research and ship quickly.
• Work with experts across national security, policy, AI research and adjacent sciences.

Growth & autonomy

• If you’re talented and driven, you’ll own important problems early.
• 5 days off learning and development, annual stipends for learning and development and funding for conferences and external collaborations.
• Freedom to pursue research bets without product pressure.
• Opportunities to publish and collaborate externally.

Life & family

• Modern central London office (cafes, food court, gym) or option to work in similar government offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford or Bristol.
• Hybrid working, flexibility for occasional remote work abroad and stipends for work-from-home equipment.
• At least 25 days’ annual leave, 8 public holidays, extra team-wide breaks and 3 days off for volunteering.
• Generous paid parental leave (36 weeks of UK statutory leave shared between parents + 3 extra paid weeks + option for additional unpaid time).
• On top of your salary, we contribute 28.97% of your base salary to your pension.
• Discounts and benefits for cycling to work, donations and retail/gyms.

Application Process & Requirements

Interview Process

• Technical roles: Our technical roles' process includes submitting a CV and short written statement, 1-2 skills assessments such as technical interviews and take-home coding tests and 2-4 interviews, including a conversation with leadership. We tailor this process as needed for each role and candidate. If you're applying to our technical roles, this privacy policy applies.
• Non-technical roles: Our non-technical roles' process includes submitting a CV, 2-4 interviews including a conversation with leadership and sometimes presentation or take-home task assessments. While our interviews follow civil service requirements, we do not require answering in STAR or other rigid formats. We recommend preparing to speak about your past career experience and how you would approach problems you would face in your AISI role.

Nationality Requirements & Visas

• Technical roles: we can hire almost all nationalities and sponsor visas.
• Non-technical roles: you must meet civil service nationality requirements (by having Commonwealth citizenship, indefinite leave to remain, EU settled status, or meeting some other criteria).

National Security Vetting

• Requirements vary by role and not all roles require vetting; check each job ad.
• Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) and Security Clearance (SC) vettings usually require 2+ years of recent UK residency. Developed Vetting (DV) clearances usually require 10+ years. Read more here.

Technical Salaries

• On technical job ads, you'll see our total packages include a "base salary" and a "technical talent allowance". This is civil service terminology. The technical talent allowance is part of your total salary and paychecks; there are no restrictions on how you spend it.