Careers
At ERA, you will help operate one of the world’s largest, longest-running AI safety and governance talent programmes.
Over the past 6 years, ERA has supported 200+ researchers from 10+ countries, with mentorship from organisations including UK AISI, RAND, GovAI, University of Cambridge, IAPS, and Google DeepMind. Our alumni have gone on to work at leading institutions across AI safety and governance. Now, ERA has scaled from running an annual AI safety fellowship in 2025, to running 5+ programmes a year. This includes our ERA:AI Fellowship, the AIxBiosecurity Fellowship, and the Frontier AI Security Residency. Alongside our programmes, we also host events like the Technical AI Governance Forum. Through this portfolio of projects, ERA has accelerated talent, advanced research and helped build organisations working to understand and reduce risks from frontier technologies.
As ERA's portfolio grows, so does our team. While we don’t have any staff roles open at the moment, you can sign up to our mailing list if you would like to hear about future opportunities.
Please contact hello@erafellowship.org if you have any questions.
Life at ERA
We are a tight-knit team who all deeply care about our mission of mitigating catastrophic risks from frontier AI. ERA has been thinking about AI Safety & Governance since before the launch of ChatGPT, and this makes ERA one of the world’s largest, longest-running AI Safety & Governance talent programmes. You could help us 10x what we are doing, and we are really excited about bringing top talent onto all our teams.
ERA’s Culture & operating values centre around 3 core pillars:
Integrity: Doing the right thing, especially when no one is watching.
Intimacy: Building genuine, psychologically safe relationships so we can tackle the hard problems together.
Intensity: Operating with focused urgency: because the stakes are high and the time is limited.
Harrison Gietz, Programme Director at ERA:
“To me, ERA strikes a perfect balance between professionalism and entrepreneurial culture. It's incredibly empowering to work with such a high-velocity, motivated team; I have an exceptional degree of autonomy and ownership, but coupled with reliable, thorough support from the rest of the team. I've been consistently impressed with the quality and pace of work from this organisation.”
Genevieve Gaul, Programme Associate at ERA:
"There is a genuine interest in my own personal development, and in making sure that I can try new responsibilities, explore different skillsets, and have agency within the team. ERA has an environment which balances genuine challenge with rest and growth. Being a part of ERA, and learning about the way it operates, is definitely a valuable experience in itself.”
Marta Strzyga, Operations Manager at ERA:
Working here has been an incredible opportunity to grow and develop my skills in operations. ERA moves fast and doesn't break things, which creates a great combination of agility and excellent governance. Every person on the team gets to contribute and influence the shape of the work we do: there is a strong sense of trust and mutual support. It's a pleasure to create the operational backbone for ERA's impact.”
Cameron Tice, Technical AI Governance Research Manager at ERA:
“Research managing for ERA allowed me to move from targeting fellowships to full-time roles within AI Safety. I learned how to unblock a variety of projects across the field of AI Safety, and was able to do this with some of the most incredible talent I've had the pleasure of working with.”