(Senior) Researcher

Team: Consultations & Insights

Location: Remote

Commitment: Full Time

Workplace Type: remote

Key Responsibilities

• Pitching and developing new research projects; kick-off new investigations into the most important questions in AI.
• Making estimates and forecasts based on limited information for quantities like compute resources, power supply curves, or future capabilities.
• Staying at the frontier: tracking new model releases, technical reports, and benchmark results, and identifying which developments matter most for understanding AI trends.
• Evaluating technical claims to assess whether reported benchmark scores, training costs, or algorithmic improvements are credible. For example, what should we think of a lab’s reports of achieving IMO gold, or claims about DeepSeek-R1’s training costs?
• Managing multiple workstreams with varying timelines, from rapid-turnaround client questions to longer research projects.

What we are looking for

• Curiosity and learning speed: You can rapidly absorb new information across diverse domains and stay at the forefront of a fast-moving field. You seek out new research and enjoy diving into unfamiliar topics.
• Estimation and forecasting skills: You’re comfortable making quantitative estimates with limited information and reason clearly about uncertainty.
• Prior research experience in at least one part of the AI pipeline (hardware, datacenters, benchmarks, AI research, etc.).
• Strong coding skills for running and iterating on data analyses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Nice to have: Prior forecasting experience, familiarity with Epoch's body of work.
• We expect great candidates might have prior experience as analysts or researchers, but this is not a requirement.


If you don't tick all these boxes but think you would be a great fit, please consider applying anyway!

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary between $100,000 and $250,000 USD, depending on prior experience. 
• Salaries are not restricted to USD, and contracts and payments are usually in local currencies. Conversions are based on one-year average exchange rates.
• Remote environment, including flexible work hours and schedule.
• Competitive global benefits program, including a comprehensive health insurance program—including supplemental benefits specific to a local country, as available and mandated by local law—and life insurance and a pension plan, if applicable in your country.
• Generous paid time off (PTO), including no specific annual limit, with 30 days PTO per year protected, unlimited personal and sick leave, and 4 months paid parental leave for permanent staff with at least 12 months of tenure (prorated parental leave if less than 12 months). 
• A flexible and generous expense policy for you to spend on equipment and a large range of productivity tools or learning/development opportunities you might find valuable, subject to regulations and manager approval.
• Paid work trips, including 3 staff retreats per year and relevant conferences.
• Access to our very well-equipped offices in Berkeley, California, including paid meals, snacks, gym, and more. All staff, independently of where they are based, have access to the office for at least 20 days each year.