AI safety
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Among the best in the world at what they do21 roles
This tier is about the solution itself. We are fairly confident these organisations are among the best in the world in their field — vetted by GiveWell, Animal Charity Evaluators, Founders Pledge or The Life You Can Save, or featured by 80,000 Hours. Somebody else has already judged that what they do works, so we list every role there that is open to someone in the Netherlands, including support and operations work. Expect fierce competition, and expect remote work or a move.
SPAR Research Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
You won't do research yourself, but you help the people who lead it: many of SPAR's 250 mentors are leading a team for the first time, and together they guide more than 800 newcomers to AI safety each round, the field…
AI safetyManagementResearchMid levelRecruiter
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos expects to double in size within six months, and each new hire runs programmes that hundreds of people pass through on their way to working on AI safety: the field that aims to prevent powerful AI systems from…
AI safetyOperationsCommunications and outreachMid levelHead of Engineering (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR AI tests new AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, among others, before they are released, and does the same for governments such as the European Commission: the team deliberately tries to make the systems go off…
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorTech Lead Manager, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI's researchers test frontier models for OpenAI and the EU AI Office, but that work grinds to a halt as soon as the GPU cluster falters.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorSenior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR AI tests AI systems before they are released, for OpenAI and the EU AI Office — and that research runs on a GPU cluster that grew from tens to hundreds of cards this year.
AI safetySoftware engineeringInformation securitySeniorHead of Special Projects
KairosRemoteRemote
In just over two years, Kairos has steered more than 1,200 people into work in AI safety.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorGeneralist (Special Projects)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos doesn't run research itself, but builds the routes into it: more than 1,200 people went through programmes such as SPAR and Pathfinder in two years.
AI safetyOperationsManagementEntry levelEngineering Manager (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
When FAR.AI finds a weak spot in a new AI model, developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic adjust their security and regulators in the EU follow suit.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorGCP Program Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever invites the speakers and selects the participants for one of these three-day workshops decides, in practice, which students and professionals end up in AI safety and biosecurity — and how well prepared they…
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelExpression of Interest: Special Projects Associate
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI's figures on compute and scaling are cited by policymakers and researchers worldwide; you don't do that research yourself, but you make sure a small team can publish more by coordinating experts, licensing…
AI safetyOperationsResearchEntry levelGeneralist (Workshops)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos runs three-day workshops that steer students towards work in AI safety and biosecurity; more than 400 participants so far.
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelHead of Groups
KairosRemoteRemote
University groups are the first step towards AI safety work for many people, and Kairos provides most of the support those groups currently receive.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorAssociate Program Officer, Transformative AI Fund
Centre for Effective AltruismRemote - GlobalRemote
This fund finances AI risk projects at the stage where a few tens of thousands of euros is the difference between existing and not existing: amounts between 10,000 and 150,000 dollars, too small for most other funders.
AI safetyFinanceResearchEntry levelHead of Kairos Labs
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever sets up this incubator decides which new AI safety organisations will exist at all in a few years' time: you choose the founders, the problems and the design of the programme.
AI safetyManagementOperationsExecutiveGeneralist (Groups)
KairosRemoteRemote
Many people now working on AI safety started out in a student group.
AI safetyManagementOperationsMid levelHead of Communications
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests AI models for OpenAI and carries out independent evaluations for, among others, the EU AI Office — but that research only changes anything once policymakers and journalists understand it.
AI safetyCommunications and outreachPolicyExecutiveRecruiter / Senior Recruiter
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI publishes the figures on computing power and AI trends that policymakers and researchers worldwide fall back on.
AI safetyOperationsCommunications and outreachMid levelSoftware Engineer, Benchmarking
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Discussions about AI policy often founder on the question of what models can really do.
AI safetySoftware engineeringDataMid levelTechnical Project Manager, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests advanced AI models for weak spots before they are rolled out widely, doing so on behalf of labs such as OpenAI and governments such as the EU AI Office.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorJailbreaking Lead, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
Whoever finds a universal flaw here changes not one system but the behaviour of models used by hundreds of millions of people: FAR.AI's findings have demonstrably led to changes at OpenAI and Anthropic, and feed into…
AI safetyResearchSoftware engineeringSeniorResearcher / Senior Researcher
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Policymakers and investors base their decisions about AI on figures that someone has to collect — on compute, data centres and what models can actually do.
AI safetyResearchDataMid level
Roles with leverage, here in the Netherlands3 roles
This tier is about leverage. Most of these employers — ministries, regulators, universities, banks — would not say they work on one of the world’s largest problems, and nobody has vetted them as a whole. What we look for is different: roles that let you point more at the problem than your own hours. That might be money, or rules that bind a whole sector, or the work of dozens of other people, or an idea that is free to copy afterwards. A credit analyst at an agricultural lender can matter more than a programme officer at a charity. That judgement is ours, made role by role, and we always write down the reason. Competition here is usually a good deal lighter.
Senior beleidsmedewerker Innovatie en Industriebeleid Digitale Technologieën
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Since February 2026 AI and digitalisation policy has sat with this ministry, and because there is no minister for Digital Affairs, a small team carries that entire portfolio.
AI safetyPolicySeniorDutch requiredSenior Adviseur AI & Onderwijsinnovatie
Ministerie van DefensieBredaOn site in the Netherlands
The guidelines you draw up here will determine how generations of officers learn to work with AI — and they take those habits with them to posts where algorithms weigh in on decisions with major consequences.
AI safetyPolicyResearchSeniorDutch requiredDutch nationality requiredBoFEB trainee
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has no minister for digital affairs; AI and digitalisation policy comes from a small directorate of around 200 people.
AI safetyPolicyEntry levelDutch required
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