# AfterQuery - Strategic Projects Lead - AI Safety at deCircle

> Onsite · United States · Staff · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/recruitee%3Adecircletalentpartner%3A2783654 (read 2026-11-08).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [deCircle](https://alderhq.app/companies/decircle)
- Location text: San Francisco, California, United States
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Onsite · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco, California, United States")
- Posted: 2026-10-15 (24 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-04 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://talent.makerdao.network/o/afterquery-strategic-projects-lead-ai-safety
- Skills listed (inferred): LLMs

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $130k–$150k per year (from the description)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 789): p25 $177k, median $210k, p75 $250k

## Description (the employer's text)

Compensation: $130K - $150K base (OTE $260K - $450K); meaningful equity

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site, ~6 days/week)

What we're looking for: Highly driven individual with experience in a high-intensity environment like management consulting, investment banking, or a fast-paced startup. Comfortable owning client relationships and project execution end-to-end, with a track record of delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines. Scrappy, hungry, willing to grind to push the frontiers of AI.

What you'll do:

- Work closely with the world's leading AI labs to generate next-generation datasets, directly generating revenue

- Manage teams of experts across domains like finance, software engineering, and sciences

- Collaborate with internal teams to develop groundbreaking AI research

- Drive initiatives across the company as an early hire

- Support the team across various operational initiatives

Requirements: 2+ years of experience in AI safety, red teaming, trust & safety, adversarial ML, or security research.

On-site: typically in office 6 days/week (FiDi, SF). Visa: open to transfers (OPT, H1B transfers); US-based preferred; no new H1Bs.

About AfterQuery: Frontier LLM/agent datasets and data infrastructure for leading AI labs; 85 employees, founded 2024, $34M raised.

Paraform: https://www.paraform.com/share/afterquery/cmt20o1gj00bq0clbiljcqs7e

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