Research Counsel
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · San Francisco, CA
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Frontier labonsitesenior$265k–$335k
At a glance
Highlights
- Advise frontier AI research across data sourcing, training, evaluation and launch.
- Support Responsible Scaling Policy for biological and chemical risk work.
- Counsel teams on societal impacts, alignment, interpretability and deployments.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Ideal candidate
Creative, low-ego counsel with sound judgment in ambiguous, technical areas who is motivated to enable responsible frontier research and think deeply about AI's benefit to society.
Requirements
- JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California or New York preferred)
- Practical, creative problem-solving applying legal requirements to fast-changing technical work
- Exceptional communication, analytical skills and technical fluency in ambiguous legal areas
- Familiarity advising on EU AI Act, U.S. AI frameworks, GDPR/CCPA and global regimes
- At least 8 years advising tech companies on copyright, privacy, data and AI regulation (preferred)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- remote policy
- Hybrid - at least 25% in office; this role prefers 3 days/week in SF or NY
- visa sponsorship
- We do sponsor visas, but not able to successfully sponsor every role and candidate
Lab profile
About Anthropic
AI safety company building reliable, interpretable and steerable frontier AI systems.
What they build
- Claude
- Claude API
- Claude Code
Known for
- AI safety and alignment
- Model interpretability research
- Frontier LLM development
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Backed by Amazon and Google