Security Risk Analyst — AI Risk Engineering & Quant

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 345,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space in SF

Job summary

Anthropic Limited is seeking a Security Risk Analyst in San Francisco to drive risk-informed decisions for frontier AI systems. You will lead quantitative analyses using FAIR, calibrations, and simulations, collaborating with Security Engineering to assess threats and prioritise controls.

You will frame decisions with clear recommendations, quantify uncertainty, and help scale risk analysis across teams, contributing to a robust risk program within a growing company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Experience leading quantitative risk analyses and presenting to leadership.
• Ability to decompose risk, quantify threats, and justify decisions.

Responsibilities

• Enable leadership to make risk-informed decisions with documented tradeoffs.
• Lead quantitative analysis of top security risk scenarios using FAIR and simulations.
• Collaborate with Security Engineering to assess threat scenarios and control effectiveness.
• Frame risk treatment decisions with clear recommendations and uncertainty notes.
• Shape risk reviews and define risk appetite and metrics.

Skills

FAIR quantification

Quantitative risk analysis

Monte Carlo simulation

Python/R tooling

Security risk assessment

Risk governance

AI safety

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

R

Spreadsheet modeling

Job description

Anthropic Limited is seeking a Security Risk Analyst in San Francisco to drive risk-informed decisions for frontier AI systems. You will lead quantitative analyses using FAIR, calibrations, and simulations, collaborating with Security Engineering to assess threats and prioritise controls.

You will frame decisions with clear recommendations, quantify uncertainty, and help scale risk analysis across teams, contributing to a robust risk program within a growing company.