Life Sciences AI Research Scientist — Flexible Hours & PTO

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Collaborative office environment

Job summary

Anthropic is looking for a Research Scientist to join its Life Sciences team in San Francisco. This position focuses on enhancing AI capabilities for biological research, specifically in building tools that integrate machine learning and biological data.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in computational biology and ML, with experience in drug discovery or similar fields. This role offers a unique chance to contribute to significant advances in AI-accelerated biology.

Qualifications

• Experience applying ML and software engineering to biological problems.
• Strong software engineering skills including Python.
• Experience training or fine-tuning ML models.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship tools for life science workflows.
• Design evaluation benchmarks for model capabilities.
• Partner with users to understand workflows.

Skills

Machine Learning

Bioinformatics

Software Engineering

Computational Biology

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Ph.D. in computational biology or related field (preferred)

Tools

Biological databases (e.g. UniProt, PDB)

ML frameworks

Job description

Anthropic is looking for a Research Scientist to join its Life Sciences team in San Francisco. This position focuses on enhancing AI capabilities for biological research, specifically in building tools that integrate machine learning and biological data.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in computational biology and ML, with experience in drug discovery or similar fields. This role offers a unique chance to contribute to significant advances in AI-accelerated biology.