Life Sciences Research Scientist: AI‑Powered Biology

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an exceptional Research Scientist to join its Life Sciences team in San Francisco. As a founding member of Life Sciences, you will work at the intersection of computational and experimental biology, helping establish Anthropic as a leader in biology research while developing product intuition through direct engagement with lab challenges.

Responsibilities include designing and iterating experimental programs, collaborating with computational biologists, generating hypotheses

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in a biological science.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and iterate experimental programs in molecular biology, biochemistry, protein and nucleic acid characterization, high-throughput screens, and assay development.
• Partner with computational biologists to design experiments that produce high-quality, analysis-ready data.
• Generate and prioritize hypotheses by combining experimental judgment with literature and computational predictions.
• Use Claude and internal agent frameworks for planning, protocol development, and data interpretation.

Skills

Ph.D. in biology

Python

ML basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

UniProt

GenBank

PDB

Job description

Anthropic is seeking an exceptional Research Scientist to join its Life Sciences team in San Francisco. As a founding member of Life Sciences, you will work at the intersection of computational and experimental biology, helping establish Anthropic as a leader in biology research while developing product intuition through direct engagement with lab challenges.

Responsibilities include designing and iterating experimental programs, collaborating with computational biologists, generating hypotheses