Co-Founder & Research Lead (Adversarial Systems, AI Alignment, Formal Methods) - Equity Stake

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Job Title

Co-Founder

Salary

Equity Only (20-40% Stake)

Company Description

Dissensus is an independent research lab studying adversarial systems across financial markets, governance, and AI alignment. Led by a published mathematical researcher, the lab focuses on open-source theory and real-world implementation, operating at the intersection of computational finance, formal methods, and multi-agent systems to solve complex coordination failures.

Job Description

Join Dissensus as a Co-Founder to build an independent research lab from the ground up. You will balance deep research into adversarial systems with the operational heavy lifting of establishing a new institution. This is a high-ownership role for a researcher-builder committed to open science and shaping the future of coordination theory.

Location

Remote

Why this role is remarkable

• Secure a genuine co-founder position with a significant 20-40% equity stake in a lab tackling high-stakes fields like AI alignment and formal methods.

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• Build an organization's DNA from scratch, moving beyond traditional institutional constraints to focus on open-source, permissive research that prioritizes impact over monetization.
• Work alongside a founder with a strong academic pedigree, 10+ papers in computational finance, and a background in Lean 4 formalizations and operations.
  
  

What You Will Do

• Lead and contribute to primary research projects, producing high-quality publications, preprints, and open-source tools in areas like multi-agent systems and AI governance.
• Drive the operational setup of the lab, including securing grant and academic funding, building governance structures, and managing community outreach.
• Collaborate on the technical and strategic roadmap, from developing Lean 4 formalizations to releasing datasets under permissive licenses for the research community.
  
  

The ideal candidate

• Possesses a proven track record of research output, including peer-reviewed publications, preprints, or significant contributions to open-source scientific tools and datasets.
• Demonstrates an entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to handle unglamorous operational tasks, such as grant writing and website building, alongside complex theoretical work.
• Maintains a deep interest in adversarial systems or formal methods and is committed to the "open science" movement rather than traditional corporate structures.
  
  

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