Research Engineer for Safe, Scalable LLMs

Anthropic; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer to join the Pre-training team in Seattle, combining cutting-edge research with practical engineering to build safe and steerable AI models.

The role emphasizes leading small research projects, improving training infrastructure, and contributing across the stack, from low-level optimizations to model design, with a strong focus on societal impact and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
• Strong software engineering skills with a proven track record of building complex systems
• Expertise in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred)
• Familiarity with large-scale machine learning, particularly in the context of language models
• Ability to balance research goals with practical engineering constraints
• Strong problem-solving skills and a results-oriented mindset
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
• Care about the societal impacts of your work

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and implement solutions in areas such as model architecture, algorithms, data processing, and optimizer development
• Independently lead small research projects while collaborating with team members on larger initiatives
• Design, run, and analyze scientific experiments to advance our understanding of large language models
• Optimize and scale our training infrastructure to improve efficiency and reliability
• Develop and improve dev tooling to enhance team productivity
• Contribute to the entire stack, from low-level optimizations to high-level model design

Skills

Software engineering

Python

Large-scale ML

Research-to-Engineering balance

Problem-solving

Communication

Societal impact

Education

MS/PhD in CS/ML

Tools

PyTorch

Kubernetes

GPUs

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer to join the Pre-training team in Seattle, combining cutting-edge research with practical engineering to build safe and steerable AI models.

The role emphasizes leading small research projects, improving training infrastructure, and contributing across the stack, from low-level optimizations to model design, with a strong focus on societal impact and collaboration.