What is LLM Alignment and how common is it in AI job postings?

LLM Alignment is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 112 active AI roles across 51 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for LLM Alignment?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning LLM Alignment are: OpenAI (16), Amazon (14), Apple (6), Adobe (6), GE Healthcare (4).

Is demand for LLM Alignment growing?

Over the last 11 weeks, 66 new AI postings mentioned LLM Alignment. Demand is rising — up 71% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is LLM Alignment used?

Roles requiring LLM Alignment are concentrated in: post-training (41%), agents (31%), evaluation (10%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with LLM Alignment?

Job postings that mention LLM Alignment most often also require: Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, LLM Evaluation & Grading, AI Safety.

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LLM Alignment

112 active AI roles across 51 companies mention LLM Alignment. Category: LLM & Foundation Models.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning LLM Alignment per week — 66 total over 11 weeks.

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16 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
OpenAI	Researcher, Loss of Control	AI Frontier	10	L4
OpenAI	Researcher, Synthetic RL	AI Frontier	10	L2
OpenAI	Research Engineer/Research Scientist, RL/Reasoning	AI Frontier	10	L2
OpenAI	Researcher, Alignment Training	AI Frontier	9	L2
Anthropic	Technical Program Manager, Research	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Researcher, Safety & Privacy	AI Frontier	9	L5
OpenAI	Research Engineer/Scientist - Human Alignment, Consumer Devices	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Researcher, Pretraining Safety	AI Frontier	9	L1
Character AI	Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Technical Lead, Safety Research	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Research Engineer, Codex	AI Frontier	9	L4
OpenAI	Researcher, Health AI	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Researcher, Safety Oversight	AI Frontier	9	L5
OpenAI	Researcher, Alignment	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Researcher, Robustness & Safety Training	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	People Research Data Scientist, AI Fairness & Bias	AI Frontier	8	L5

Frequently asked questions

What is LLM Alignment and how common is it in AI job postings?
LLM Alignment is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 112 active AI roles across 51 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for LLM Alignment?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning LLM Alignment are: OpenAI (16), Amazon (14), Apple (6), Adobe (6), GE Healthcare (4).
Is demand for LLM Alignment growing?
Over the last 11 weeks, 66 new AI postings mentioned LLM Alignment. Demand is rising — up 71% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is LLM Alignment used?
Roles requiring LLM Alignment are concentrated in: post-training (41%), agents (31%), evaluation (10%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with LLM Alignment?
Job postings that mention LLM Alignment most often also require: Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, LLM Evaluation & Grading, AI Safety.

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