Research Engineer: Cybersecurity RL for Safe AI

EngineersOfAI; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer to advance safe and reliable AI systems. The role blends research and engineering to design RL environments, run experiments, and ship production training runs.

You will partner with researchers and safety teams to turn analytical findings into robust tooling, contribute to the team's strategic direction, and potentially participate in on-call rotations. A strong ML and cybersecurity background is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ML experience and cybersecurity research background.
• Strong software engineering skills and production-ready code.
• Ability to balance research exploration with engineering delivery.

Responsibilities

• Partner with researchers and safety teams to understand analytical needs and build solutions.
• Develop agentic integrations enabling autonomous investigation and action on findings.
• Contribute to strategic direction including what to build and where to invest.
• This role may include on-call rotation.

Skills

Machine learning

Cybersecurity research

Software engineering

Research to engineering

AI safety

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field

Tools

RL frameworks

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer to advance safe and reliable AI systems. The role blends research and engineering to design RL environments, run experiments, and ship production training runs.

You will partner with researchers and safety teams to turn analytical findings into robust tooling, contribute to the team's strategic direction, and potentially participate in on-call rotations. A strong ML and cybersecurity background is required.