Work with us

80,000 Hours helps people use their careers to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. We’re currently focused on making the transition to advanced AI go well.

We do this through in-depth research, our podcast and job board, and free one-on-one career advising. Over 10 million people have read our work, and more than 3,000 have told us they significantly changed their career plans as a result.

You can read our updated org strategy here: Our strategy at 80,000 Hours.

80,000 Hours is actively growing. If you don’t see a role for you, there will be more roles soon.

If we don’t have open roles, or nothing here fits, browse our job board for hundreds of vacancies at organisations working on top problems, or sign up for our newsletter, where we advertise any open positions at 80,000 Hours.

Expressions of interest

We’re actively monitoring the below expressions of interests and we’ll be in touch if we think you’d be a great fit.

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Factors like gender, race, and socioeconomic background can affect whether people apply when they meet most but not all of the listed criteria. We’d particularly like to encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Referrals

Know someone who’d be a great fit for one of our roles? If you refer them and we end up hiring them, we’ll send you a thank-you of up to £750 (or $1,000). See our referral guide for how it works.

Benefits

Our benefits include:

  • 25 days of paid holiday, plus public holidays in line with your location (at least 8/year)
  • Up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year, in addition to holiday
  • Private medical insurance with substantial coverage for your dependents (including your partner)
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Pension scheme / retirement plan with employer contributions
  • Up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave and childcare stipend for children under five
  • Business travel insurance
  • £5,000 (or the USD equivalent) annual mental health support allowance
  • £5,000 (or the USD equivalent) annual professional development allowance
  • £8,000 (or the USD equivalent) annual productivity allowance
  • The option to use 10% of your time for self-development
  • Gym, shower facilities, and unlimited free food provided at our London office
  • Up to £8,000 relocation allowance if you need to move due to your role at 80k
  • Travel to the London office covered for staff who don’t regularly work from the London office