Cybersecurity RL Research Engineer - Hybrid

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space in SF

Job summary

Anthropic seeks a Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL to advance safe, scalable AI through reinforcement learning and defensive cybersecurity. You will design RL environments, run experiments, and push production-train workflows in collaboration with researchers and security specialists.

The role blends research and engineering, requiring ML expertise with cybersecurity experience. A strong code discipline and interest in building reliable, steerable AI are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience applying ML to security problems.
• Strong research background in cybersecurity domains.
• Proficient software engineering skills with ability to ship code.

Responsibilities

• Partner with researchers and safety teams to build solutions.
• Develop agentic integrations enabling autonomous analysis by AI systems.
• Contribute to strategic direction of the team and prioritization.
• Participate in on-call rotation if required.

Skills

ML experience

Cybersecurity research

Software engineering

Research vs. engineering balance

AI safety passion

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Anthropic seeks a Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL to advance safe, scalable AI through reinforcement learning and defensive cybersecurity. You will design RL environments, run experiments, and push production-train workflows in collaboration with researchers and security specialists.

The role blends research and engineering, requiring ML expertise with cybersecurity experience. A strong code discipline and interest in building reliable, steerable AI are essential.