AI Editor

Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle. On-site requirements vary based on position and team. If you have questions about on-site work arrangements for this role, please ask your recruiter. Our base salary range is $92,880 - $139,320, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.  Who You Are: To thrive as an AI Editor at Ai2, you'll bring a blend of sharp editorial judgment and genuine curiosity about how language models work. You have 5+ years of experience as an editor, content strategist, technical writer, or content developer, and you've applied that background to human-in-the-loop AI evaluation, prompt engineering, or model quality assessment. You write and communicate with precision, you enjoy translating fuzzy, high-level guidelines into language a model can act on, and you're comfortable context-switching across partners in Product, Research, and Engineering. You're energized by fast-moving, ambiguous environments and enjoy owning quality end-to-end — from style guide to shipped model behavior. Who We Are: We are a non-profit AI institute focused on developing foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world positive impact through large-scale open models, data, and artifacts (e.g., Olmo , Tulu , Molmo , FlexOlmo ). Balancing academic freedom with corporate-level scale ( read about our new compute cluster here ), Ai2 is uniquely resourced and positioned to deliver high-impact, truly open research. Our team unites the best and brightest scientific, engineering, and editorial minds to explore the potential of truly open AI. Through our efforts, we endeavor to empower academics, researchers, and AI developers more broadly to advance the science of language models, multimodal models, and generative AI. If you are passionate about advancing the science of AI through open, rigorous research and believe in accessible AI for the common good, we want to hear from you! Your Next Challenge: Translate complex content and safety policies into prompts and guidelines that models can reliably follow, ensuring alignment with product and research priorities Improve model fluency, tone, and quality through human-in-the-loop evaluations and LLM-judge audits Develop and apply novel prompting approaches to support feature development and reduce model defects Create high-quality alignment data to train and fine-tune models for product-specific use cases Identify potential biases or limitations in model outputs and work with research partners on fine-tuning strategies to address them Build and maintain quality, style, and tone guidelines, and use user feedback to continually improve model helpfulness Become a subject matter expert across sensitive topic areas and content policies relevant to the product Partner across Product, Research, and Design to evaluate quality metrics and build scalable reporting systems for continual model improvement What You'll Need: Bachelors Degree or 5+ years of equivalent experience as an editor, content strategist, technical writer, or content developer Experience with human-in-the-loop AI evaluation, prompt engineering, or AI model quality assessment Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with strong editorial judgment Strong project management skills and comfort managing workload under tight deadlines or escalated activity Deep curiosity about how language models work and a passion for user experience Comfort context-switching and partnering at all levels of the organization to deliver results Preferred: Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines Experience in content creation or copy editing, including online publishing Experience working in fast-paced, startup-like environments Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time. The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. The ability to observe details at close range. Can work under deadlines. A Little More About Ai2: Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world’s biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond. In addition to Ai2’s core mission, we also aim to contribute to humanity through our treatment of each member of the Ai2 Team. Some highlights are: We are a lea