Staff (Technical) Writer & Editor

About Us

FAR.AI is a non-profit AI research institute working to ensure advanced AI is safe and beneficial for everyone. Our mission is to facilitate breakthrough AI safety research, advance global understanding of AI risks and solutions, and foster a coordinated global response.

We’re structured to support that work from early research through real-world adoption:

Independent by design. We can pursue what's most impactful based on our theory of change and share what we find publicly.

A portfolio approach. Rather than focus on one single direction, we run diverse bets across the safety stack. We take promising ideas from initial experiments to deployment, informed by red-team partnerships with frontier labs and governments.

Serious infrastructure for ambitious research. A dedicated engineering team runs our compute cluster and experiment-scaling stack, so researchers spend their time on research instead of on infra.

Setting the standard. Our events convene key decision makers; our red-team works with frontier developers and governments; and our communications inform the public. Together, this drives adoption and sets the new standard in safety.

Since our founding in July 2022, we've grown to 50+ staff, published 40+ academic papers, and convened leading AI safety events. Our work is recognized globally, with publications at premier venues such as NeurIPS, ICML including a Best Paper Honorable Mention in 2026, and ICLR, and features in the Financial Times, Nature News, Wired Magazine and MIT Technology Review. We conduct pre-deployment testing on behalf of frontier developers such as OpenAI and independent evaluations for governments including the EU AI Office and publish the AI Security Leaderboard based on our red-teaming expertise. We help steer and grow the AI safety field through developing research roadmaps with renowned researchers such as Yoshua Bengio; running FAR.Labs, an AI safety-focused co-working space in Berkeley housing 40+ members; and supporting the community through targeted grants to technical researchers.

FAR.AI is seeking an experienced writer and editor to lead development of our written content. You will report into our Communications Team Lead and work across the communications team to shape our narrative, content and messaging. You will work closely with our researchers to translate their research findings into actionable insights for policymakers and corporate decisionmakers across formats from op-eds, blog posts and research papers. We’d love to hear from you if you thrive on communicating complicated technical subject matters and want to shape the future of AI development toward a safer trajectory.

About Communications at FAR.AI

We believe that AI will be the defining technology of the 21st century. These systems could bring with them unprecedented benefits, but they also pose unprecedented risks, up to human extinction. We already know that AI will fundamentally affect everyone’s lives, reshaping the nature of work and upending geopolitics. Yet few people outside of Silicon Valley appreciate what is about to happen. Key decisionmakers in governments and companies have a limited view on what is to come, while the general public are even more in the dark.

Communications at FAR.AI fills this urgent gap. As a research and education non-profit, we are a trusted, independent third-party that can cut through the hype, avoid fear mongering, while delivering credible warnings when a technology truly poses a danger. Our Communications Team partners directly with FAR.AI researchers to translate our work into compelling narratives that connect with our target audiences, whether policymakers, corporate decisionmakers or the general public.

The team consists of experts in design, digital media, and media relations, ensuring our research and events reach their key audiences across various channels. Communications works with key FAR.AI team members, including our CEO Adam Gleave, building and amplifying their public profiles and thought leadership. Communications is deeply embedded across FAR.AI, partnering cross-functionally to deliver strategic projects. The team develops and executes communication plans for our key initiatives, such as our leaderboard on AI model security to enable consumers and policymakers to make informed decisions on their use and governance of this technology.

About the role

FAR.AI is seeking a Staff Writer & Editor to own development of our written content. You will work with our researchers and red-team on pre-publication findings to write reports read by key policymakers and decisionmakers at frontier labs; develop content for public-facing products such as our security leaderboard; and work with our CEO and key technical leaders to write op-eds and position papers that shape the field. You will craft a compelling org-wide narrative and ensure FAR.AI’s voice remains trusted and authoritative in the field. This is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing, mission-driven organization with the unique blend of independent, trusted technical expertise; ongoing corporate and policy engagements; and a track record of reaching varied audiences.

Key responsibilities

• (Technical version of role) Writing to the scientific community

  • Partner with our technical team early on in key research projects to identify the key narrative and message for their work.

  • Edit drafts of academic papers to more effectively convey their ideas to a scholarly audience, and structure the papers to submission standards (including working in LaTeX where needed).

  • Writing blog post summaries of papers, targeted at a technically knowledgeable (but not necessarily expert) audience (example).

  • Co-writing blog posts (example), newsletters (example) or position papers (example) with our technical team to convey key positions or ideas.

• Content Strategy & Execution

  • Translate our core research findings into actionable insights for key non-technical audiences, e.g. policy briefs.

  • Own written content on FAR.AI’s website, our primary brand surface. Collaborate with our Digital Media Manager to shape the structure and presentation so it clearly communicates who we are and what we stand for.

  • Own our quarterly newsletter, setting the editorial direction, consolidating key updates from across the team into a clear narrative for our key supporters.

• Voice, Narrative & Messaging

  • Work with our Communications Team Lead to establish and steward a consistent organizational voice, develop compelling narratives around our strategic priorities and key messages that support this narrative.

  • Equip staff across all teams with the messaging, framing, and confidence to represent and amplify FAR.AI’s narrative in their own work and channels.

  • Collaborate with our Digital Media Manager to ensure that our social media posts are consistent with this voice and narrative, including reviewing key posts.

About You

You are a skilled writer who is passionate about clearly communicating complex technical findings in a way that is actionable to diverse audiences. You combine crafting a compelling high-level narrative with hands-on execution and thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. You will be comfortable collaborating with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure FAR.AI’s messaging is always clear, persuasive, and credible. You will set the bar for clarity, accuracy, and rigor across FAR.AI's writing.

Proactive and self-directed, you can carry several projects at once and bring each one over the finish line. You move fluidly between the rigorous and the accessible, and you treat clarity as a craft. Collaborative and detail-oriented, you make the researchers you work with sound like the best version of themselves.

We welcome applications from both experienced writers, as well as technical specialist who are skilled and passionate communicators.

We expect writers to have:

• 3+ years of professional experience in a writing role (e.g., staff writer, science communicator, editorial lead).

• A portfolio of published work demonstrating their ability to turn complex technical material into clear, accurate writing (papers, technical reports, research blogs, or similar).

We expect technical specialists to have:

• 3+ years of experience in machine learning or a closely related field (e.g. maths, stats, physics) as a researcher or engineer (e.g. PhD in ML; Research Engineer).

• A portfolio of published writing across varying levels of complexity (two or more of: papers / technical documentation; blog posts; social media; op-eds; policy briefs).

We expect all candidates to have:

• Proven ability to own projects independently from concept to completion.

• An interest in AI safety and our mission, and a willingness to learn.

We expect strong candidates to have some, but not all, of the following:

• Familiarity with the AI landscape and experience engaging with key stakeholders (governments, AI companies, policy think tanks).

• Strong working understanding of machine learning concepts, sufficient to represent research accurately and converse credibly with researchers.

• Experience with the academic publication process: arXiv, conference submissions, peer review, LaTeX.

• Track record of writing, ghostwriting and/or editing op-eds.

• Track record of writing to policymakers, e.g. policy briefs, especially in technology and innovation policy.

• Background in science journalism, research communications, or as a researcher who writes.

Logistics

• Hours and Location: This is a full-time, long-term position that can be either in-person (Berkeley, CA; or Singapore) or globally remote (with overlap with 9am-noon Pacific time). We offer visa sponsorship for in-person employees.

• Compensation: We can offer compensation of $100,000–$200,000/year depending on experience and location, with the potential for additional compensation for exceptional candidates, plus our standard benefits for US & Singapore employees which includes catered lunch and dinner at our offices in Berkeley.

• Contractual Relationship: If based in the US or Singapore, you will be an employee of FAR.AI (501(c)(3) research non-profit / non-profit CLG). Outside the US or Singapore, you will be employed via an EOR organisation on behalf of FAR.AI or as a contractor.

• Application process: Our application process includes a screening call, a paid 2-3h written test task, interviews with our team, and a paid full-day assessment. We expect filling out the initial application form will take less than 15 minutes.

If you have any questions about the role, feel free to contact us at talent@far.ai. Otherwise, if you don't have questions, the best way to ensure a proper review of your skills and qualifications is by applying directly via the application form. Please don't email us to share your resume (it won't have any impact on our decision). Thank you!