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Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · San Francisco, CA

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Frontier labonsite$300k–$405k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Advance models in secure coding and vulnerability remediation.
  • Design RL environments for defensive cybersecurity research.
  • Ship work into production training runs for Claude releases.

What they offer

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Office space for collaboration

Ideal candidate

A cybersecurity practitioner curious about how LLMs can transform defensive work, who balances research exploration with engineering and cares about safe, beneficial AI.

Requirements

  • Experience in cybersecurity research
  • Experience with machine learning
  • Strong software engineering skills
  • Can balance research exploration with engineering implementation
  • Passionate about AI's potential and committed to safe and beneficial systems
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field
remote policy
Hybrid - in office at least 25% of the time, some roles may require more
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship available on a case-by-case basis with immigration lawyer support

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
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