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title: 'Biosecurity Investigator at 10a Labs'
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# Biosecurity Investigator at 10a Labs

- **Company:** 10a Labs
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/10alabs/jobs/4387699009

## Job description

About 10a Labs: 10a Labs is the safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Our adversarial red teaming, model evaluations, and intelligence collection enable engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely.

Location & Travel Expectations

We are primarily seeking candidates based in the Washington, DC, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, and Denver metropolitan areas. Candidates hired in these locations will be expected to work from a 10a Labs office at least two days per week.

All new hires will participate in in-person onboarding in Washington, DC, New York City, or San Francisco during their first week. Occasional travel may also be required for interviews, in-person meetings, and other business needs.

## About the Role

10a Labs is seeking Biology Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support a project at the intersection of biology, biosecurity, and AI safety.

In this role, you will review and label exchanges involving biological topics against established policies and guidelines. The work supports both automated monitoring systems and human review processes designed to identify potentially harmful biological content while preserving legitimate scientific and research use cases.

We're looking for people with enough technical depth in biology to recognize nuance—particularly when distinguishing legitimate scientific research from information that could present dual-use or misuse concerns.

## What You'll Do

- Review and label biological and biotechnology-related content according to defined policies and guidelines.
- Evaluate technically complex or ambiguous biological exchanges and make consistent risk determinations.
- Distinguish legitimate scientific and research use cases from potentially harmful or dual-use applications.
- Apply subject-matter expertise across areas such as pathogen research, microbiology, molecular biology, cancer biology, synthetic biology, or related disciplines.
- Identify ambiguous or challenging cases and clearly document the reasoning behind decisions.
- Help improve the consistency and quality of biological safety review processes.

## What We're Looking For

- Strong academic or professional background in biology, microbiology, virology, molecular biology, cancer biology, biotechnology, synthetic biology, or a related field.
- Ability to understand technical biological research, terminology, methods, and experimental concepts.
- Strong analytical judgment and attention to detail.
- Ability to consistently apply written policies to complex and ambiguous scientific scenarios.
- Interest or experience in biosecurity, biodefense, biosafety, biorisk, dual-use biotechnology, or biological threat assessment.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Ability to commit at least 25 hours per week for one month.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

## Preferred Background

We're open to a range of educational and professional backgrounds. A PhD is not required.

Particularly relevant experience may include:

- Government, national security, or biodefense work involving biological threats.
- Biosecurity, biosafety, biorisk, or dual-use research.
- Pathogen, infectious disease, microbiology, or virology research.
- Cancer biology, molecular biology, genomics, or related biomedical research.
- Academic or industry research involving emerging biotechnology.
- Master's-level scientific training combined with government, biodefense, or biosecurity experience.

## What You’ll Gain

- Opportunity to apply deep biological knowledge to emerging challenges at the intersection of biotechnology, safety, and AI.
- Exposure to frontier AI capabilities and risks in biology.
- Opportunity to meet and work with leading researchers.

Contract Details

- Duration: 12 months
- Commitment: 40 hours per week
- Location: Remote – United States
- Employment Type: Short-term contract
- Compensation: $80–$120/hour, depending on experience

## About 10a Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 10a Labs is an applied research and technology company providing AI security, threat intelligence, and independent safety evaluations for frontier AI models and major technology platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Bobby McKenzie (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI Security & Safety, Threat Intelligence, Research Services
- **Target customers**: Frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "The safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs... enabling engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely."

## Products & Services
- **Model Evaluations & Red Teaming**: Independent safety evaluations for frontier AI models, built for EU AI Act compliance and regulatory readiness. Includes scaled red teaming technology stress-testing generative and agentic AI systems against high-priority threats (CBRNE, Cyber Harms, Data Exfiltration, Model Distillation, Terrorism, Fraud, and more).
- **Threat Intelligence (Scout)**: Real-time monitoring for emerging threats to frontier AI systems, with proprietary threat intelligence delivered via API. Covers malicious tooling, novel abuse patterns, unauthorized access pathways, credential resale, jailbreaks, and dark web monitoring.
- **Model Defense & Integrity (Spartan)**: Advanced R&D in agentic AI systems, ML and RL model-distillation risks, and multimodal adversarial defenses to strengthen AI security and robustness.
- **Data Center Risk Analysis**: Assessment of risks to data centers stemming from geopolitical, regulatory, jurisdictional, and operational challenges.
- **Classification System**: A proprietary production ML pipeline with datasets and taxonomies informed by deep subject-matter expertise to detect emerging abuse patterns across text and other modalities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total headcount of approximately 36 employees (as of mid-2025), with strong growth (+172.2% year-over-year).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Clients include frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Alumni have gone on to OpenAI, Microsoft, Verizon, and other tech leaders. Talent sourced from organizations like the U.S. Department of State, Columbia SIPA, and the United Nations University.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (+172.2% YoY), 32 active job postings in mid-2025, quarterly job posting growth of +166.7% and yearly growth of +3100.0%, indicating aggressive expansion across multiple departments (Research, Engineering, Threat Investigation, Data, Operations).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Specialized Focus**: A rare company fully dedicated to AI safety, security, and threat intelligence for frontier models, serving as an independent, expert safety layer.
- **Deep Expertise**: Combines subject-matter expertise (e.g., CBRNE, cyber, terrorism) with proprietary ML pipelines and red teaming technology.
- **Trusted Client Base**: Serves the most advanced AI labs and largest tech platforms, providing a unique vantage point on emerging threats.
- **Regulatory Readiness**: Built to help clients comply with frameworks like the EU AI Act, positioning them as a critical partner in the evolving regulatory landscape.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Team**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, research, threat investigation, and operations to expand capacity.
- **Advancing R&D**: Deepening research into agentic AI risks, model distillation, and multimodal adversarial defenses.
- **Global Expansion**: Posting roles in multiple regions (US, UK, Australia, France), indicating international growth.
- **Product Development**: Continuing to build out their suite of safety, intelligence, and evaluation products (Scout, Spartan, Classification System).

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact Mission**: Work directly on ensuring the safe deployment of the world's most advanced AI systems, addressing critical security and societal risks.
- **Compelling Compensation**: Salary ranges for technical roles are highly competitive (e.g., $255K–$405K + Equity for exceptional engineers, per a recent hiring post).
- **Rapid Growth Environment**: Join a company in a strong growth phase (+172% headcount growth), offering significant opportunities for impact and career advancement.
- **On-Site Collaborative Culture**: While some roles are remote, many positions are in-office (Washington D.C., San Francisco, London), emphasizing a collaborative, hands-on work environment.
- **Strong Talent Network**: Surrounded by colleagues from top institutions and government agencies (State Department, UN, Columbia SIPA, Michigan State), fostering a culture of expertise and mission-driven work.
- **Comprehensive Roles**: Opportunities span from hands-on red teaming and software engineering to research and operations, appealing to a wide range of skills and career paths.

## Sources
1. [10alabs.com](https://10alabs.com/)
2. [Built In - 10a Labs](https://builtin.com/company/10a-labs)
3. [LinkedIn - 10a Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10a-labs)
4. [Greenhouse - 10a Labs Jobs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/10alabs)

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