Research Engineer / Scientist, AI Scientist

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 315,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Research Engineer/Scientist to join their mission of creating reliable and interpretable AI systems. This role involves working on long-term reasoning challenges and enhancing models' capabilities in scientific workflows. Candidates will engage in developing advanced AI systems that promise significant benefits for humanity. The team values collaboration and communication, focusing on impactful research efforts that advance trustworthy AI. If you are passionate about AI and eager to contribute to meaningful projects, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible hours

Collaborative office environment

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Familiarity with language model training and evaluation.
• Experience with performance optimization and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Work end-to-end to identify and address AI challenges.
• Develop advanced AI systems with impactful implications.

Skills

Language model training

Performance optimization

Distributed systems

Sandboxing/container deployment

Large-scale data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Research Engineer / Scientist, AI Scientist

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About Anthropic
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About The Team
Our team is organized around the goal of building an AI scientist—a system capable of solving long-term reasoning challenges and basic capabilities necessary to push the scientific frontier. We focus on improving models' abilities to use computers as a laboratory for long horizon tasks, addressing key blockers to scientific workflows. As a Research Engineer/Scientist, you will work end-to-end to identify and address these challenges.

About The Role
Candidates should have familiarity with language model training, evaluation, and inference. Experience with performance optimization, distributed systems, sandboxing/container deployment, and large-scale data pipelines is highly encouraged. Join us in developing advanced AI systems with impactful implications for humanity.

Salary Range
$315,000 - $560,000 USD annually.

Logistics
Education requirements: At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location policy: Hybrid model requiring at least 25% in-office presence. Some roles may require more.
Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas where possible and will make reasonable efforts to assist successful candidates.

We encourage applications from candidates who do not meet every qualification, especially from underrepresented groups, to foster diversity and inclusion.

How We're Different
We believe impactful AI research is big science, focusing on large-scale efforts that advance long-term, steerable, trustworthy AI. We value impact over small, isolated projects and emphasize collaboration and communication. Our recent research includes GPT-3, interpretability, multimodal neurons, scaling laws, AI safety, and learning from human preferences.

Join Us!
Based in San Francisco, we offer competitive compensation, benefits, flexible hours, and a collaborative office environment. We are a public benefit corporation committed to building beneficial AI responsibly.