Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA
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Frontier labonsite$300k–$320k
At a glance
Highlights
- Close the loop between AI hypotheses and experimental data for the community.
- Pressure-test AI-designed molecules and synthetic routes against real chemistry.
- Speed up life sciences progress by an order of magnitude with AI.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Ideal candidate
An expert medicinal chemist who loves hands-on lab work and thrives in ambiguity. You care about using AI to accelerate biological discovery and collaborating across chemistry and AI research.
Requirements
- PhD in chemistry
- Demonstrated medicinal chemistry experience with SAR-driven design and optimization
- Recent, sustained hands-on synthetic work
- Comfort navigating ambiguity in a rapidly evolving research environment
- Ability to work independently and collaborate cross-functionally
- remote policy
- Fully on-site; company generally expects 25%+ time in office
- visa sponsorship
- We sponsor visas but cannot 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