Technical Investigator / Data Scientist - AI Safety

This role is remote, so it can be executed globally. If you prefer, you can work from our offices in New York, London and Warsaw.

We are looking for an experienced technical investigator and/or data scientist to serve as the founding member of our AI Safety Intelligence, Investigations and Data Function. The ideal candidate combines subject matter expertise in at least one core area, such as foreign interference, fraud and/or other safety-related areas, with a solid data science background including experience building detection models for complex abuse. 

About ElevenLabs 

At ElevenLabs, we are pioneering voice technology with our cutting-edge research and products. 

We launched in January 2023 and have since reached over 1 million users globally and have partnered with the world’s biggest names (see customer stories). We have closed our Series-B funding at 1.1B valuation earlier this year and are backed by the leading names in tech and AI (Nat Fridman, Daniel Gross, Andreessen Horowitz, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, Oculus VR co-founder Brendan Iribe, Deepmind & Inflection co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, and many others). 

We are at an exciting phase of our growth and innovation and are looking for ambitious people to help us further push the boundaries of voice AI. This is a rare chance to be an early member of a company on the rise. If this excites you, we want to meet you! 

Who we are

A global team of passionate and innovative individuals united by curiosity and a shared goal: to be the first choice for AI audio solutions. Together, we are shaping a new technology and market from the ground up. We innovate quickly and take pride in getting things right, from the big picture initiatives to the details that keep us moving smoothly every day. We work with high autonomy and accountability where the best idea wins at any time and from anyone. 

About the role

As the founding member of our Threat Intelligence, Investigations and Data function in our AI Safety team, you will be at the forefront of our efforts to understand, detect and enforce against the nexus of complex adversarial threats and some of the most powerful tools in AI technology. 

In this role,  you will: 

• Build out our Threat Intelligence, Investigations and Data program from scratch, including designing and implementing intelligence collections and investigative workflows 

• Analyze the deployment of our products and services to identify how they may be misused or abused, with a particular focus on fraud & scams, impersonation and influence operations 

• Build out relationships with industry, vendors and the intelligence community to systematically ingest actionable external signal 

• Build out our proactive detection capabilities through conducting deep dive qualitative investigations as well as building our ML models to detect complex behavioral abuse, in collaboration with our safety engineering teams 

• Track evolution of threat actor TTPs to understand adversarial adaptation to our continuously improving mitigations; keep up to date with tech industry best practices   

• Collaborate with our product and safety teams to implement systematic changes to to our safety stack based on investigative outcomes  

• Willing to stretch into broader AI safety data science work by building out our AI safety metrics and dashboards

Who you are

• We're looking for exceptional individuals who combine technical excellence with ethical awareness, who are excited by hard problems and motivated by human impact. You’ll strive with us if you: 

  • Are passionate about audio AI driven by a desire to make content universally accessible and breaking the frontiers of new tech.  

  • Are a highly motivated and driven individual with a strong work ethic. Our team is aware of this critical moment of audio AI evolution and is committed to going the extra mile to lead. 

  • Are analytical, efficient, and strive on solving complex challenges with a first principles mindset. 

  • Consistently strive for excellence, delivering high-quality work quickly and exceeding expectations.

  • Take initiative and work autonomously from day one, prioritizing learning and contribution while leaving ego aside.

What you bring

• 4+ years of experience on a trust & safety or security team in a technical threat investigator and/or data science role 

• Experience leveraging external and internal signals and building models to combat complex abuse in areas such as fraud, cybersecurity and/or influence operations 

• Expertise in SQL, experience in Python and data analysis tools

Strong candidates will also have a mix of experience in: 

• Building out threat intelligence programs

• Operational design including building investigative workflows from the ground up

• Subject matter expertise in fraud, influence operations and/or cyberthreats 

• Experience mentoring a team of investigators and/or data scientists 

What we offer

• High-velocity innovation: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.

• A truly global team: Collaboration with teammates across 30+ countries, a global customer footprint and office hubs in New York, London and Warsaw. Annual company offsite for the whole team to get together (the last one in Croatia!) 

• Remote first: We prioritize your talent, not your location, with structured asynchronous workflows for maximum impact and minimal meetings.

• Continuous growth: Collaborate with AI leaders, shape your path, and contribute where you excel most.