Applied AI Engineer for Life Sciences & Biotech

FDE Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 280,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an Applied AI Engineer on the Startups team to advise high-potential life sciences and biotech startups on integrating Claude into research and product workflows. The role emphasizes deep technical engagement, prototype development, and scalable architectures in collaboration with product, engineering, and science teams.

You will help design evaluation frameworks, reference implementations, and sample code while traveling to customer sites and contributing to technical

Qualifications

• Experience in life sciences or biotech through research or industry work.
• 4+ years as software/ML or research engineer, with production AI experience or applied AI in lab/research.
• Experience with startups or high-growth environments.
• Strong ability to translate complex AI concepts into actionable plans for engineers and scientists.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a deep technical advisor to life sciences startups building products with Claude or integrating Claude into research workflows.
• Collaborate with startup engineering teams to accelerate development and understand scientific workflows end to end.
• Develop prototypes, evaluation suites, benchmarks, and architecture diagrams for Claude deployments.
• Create reference implementations and sample code for broad adoption and reusable agent skills.
• Write technical content for startup audiences including documentation and tutorials.
• Represent Anthropic across the life sciences startup ecosystem and participate in events and workshops.
• Travel to customer sites for workshops, guidance, and relationship building.

Skills

Life sciences experience

Software/ML engineering

Startup experience

Technical communication

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Anthropic is seeking an Applied AI Engineer on the Startups team to advise high-potential life sciences and biotech startups on integrating Claude into research and product workflows. The role emphasizes deep technical engagement, prototype development, and scalable architectures in collaboration with product, engineering, and science teams.

You will help design evaluation frameworks, reference implementations, and sample code while traveling to customer sites and contributing to technical