Research Scientist, Discovery (Engineering & Applied Sciences)

Highlights

• Build AI scientist systems to push scientific and technological frontier.
• Train Claude to invent materials, devices, machines and energy systems.
• Create simulation training environments validated against real-world data.

What they offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space to collaborate with colleagues

Ideal candidate

ML researcher energized by open-ended discovery who collaborates closely, learns new technical fields quickly, and wants Claude's engineering advances to accelerate science safely.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with a modern machine learning framework such as PyTorch or JAX
• Hands-on experience training or evaluating machine learning models
• Track record of machine learning research: forming hypotheses, designing and running experiments, and drawing sound conclusions
• Ability to implement your own research ideas and diagnose problems in complex systems
• Ability to learn unfamiliar technical fields quickly and work productively with experts
• Clear communication and a collaborative approach to solving problems
• Excitement about improving Claude's scientific capabilities and impact on science and technology
• Commitment to developing AI that is safe and beneficial
• Experience with reinforcement learning and pre-training on large language models, including environment and reward design
• Familiarity with large-scale language model training, evaluation, and inference