Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological Safety AnthropicResearch Scientist/Engineer, Biological SafetySan Francisco, CAAs a bio safety researcher, you will spend your time: designing and running capability evaluations against frontier models, generating and curating training data for our safety classifiers, training and iterating on those classifiers alongside our ML engineers, and measuring how they hold up against adversarial pressure in production traffic. The core technical tension you will own is precision: safeguards need to be robust against sophisticated actors while staying out of the way of the far larger population of legitimate researchers using Claude to accelerate life sciences work.
Research Engineer, Life Sciences AnthropicResearch Engineer, Life SciencesSan Francisco, CAThis research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
Research Scientist, Interpretability AnthropicResearch Scientist, InterpretabilitySan Francisco, CAIn the short term, we have focused on resolving the issue of "superposition" (see Toy Models of Superposition, Superposition, Memorization, and Double Descent, and our May 2023 update), which causes the computational units of the models, like neurons and attention heads, to be individually uninterpretable, and on finding ways to decompose models into more interpretable components. A few places to learn more about our work and team at a high level are this introduction to Interpretability from our research lead, Chris Olah; a discussion of our work on the Hard Fork podcast produced by the New York Times, and this blog post (and accompanying video) sharing more about some of the engineering challenges we'd had to solve to get these results.
Research Scientist, Takeoff Intel AnthropicResearch Scientist, Takeoff IntelSan Francisco, CAThis research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. We're looking for a Research Scientist who has done hands-on research on large models (pretraining, fine-tuning, RL, evals, or agents scaffolds) and wants to focus on measuring and understanding recursive-self-improvement.
Ml/Research Engineer, Safeguards AnthropicMl/Research Engineer, SafeguardsSan Francisco, CAThis research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning) AnthropicResearch Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)San Francisco, CAFor example, you might be a white hat hacker who's curious about how LLMs could augment or transform your work, a security engineer interested in how AI could help harden systems at scale, or a detection and response professional wondering how models could enhance defensive workflows. Your work will include designing and implementing RL environments, conducting experiments and evaluations, delivering your work into production training runs, and collaborating with other researchers, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists across and outside Anthropic.
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations Scale AI, Inc.Research Scientist, Frontier Risk EvaluationsSan Francisco, CA$216,000–$270,000 / yearFor example, you might do any or all of the following: Design and build harnesses to test AI models and systems (including agents) for dangerous capabilities such as security vulnerability exploitation, CBRN uplift, and other high-risk activities; Work with government agencies or other labs to collectively scope and design evaluations to measure and mitigate risks posed by advanced AI systems; Publish evaluation methodologies and write technical reports for policymakers. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training.
Research Scientist, AI Controls And Monitoring Scale AI, Inc.Research Scientist, AI Controls And MonitoringSan Francisco, CA$216,000–$270,000 / yearThe range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training. As a Research Scientist focused on AI Controls and Monitoring, you will design methods, systems, and experiments to ensure that advanced AI models and agents remain aligned with intended goals, even in high-stakes or adversarial environments.
Research Scientist, Agent Robustness Scale AI, Inc.Research Scientist, Agent RobustnessSan Francisco, CA$216,000–$270,000 / yearFor example, you might: Research the science of AI agent capabilities with a focus on how they relate to safety, risk factors, and methodologies for benchmarking them; Design and build harnesses to test AI agents' tendency to take harmful actions when pressured to do so by users or tricked into doing so by elements of their environment; Design and build exploits and mitigations for new and unique failure modes that arise as AI agents gain affordances like coding, web browsing, and computer use; Characterize and design mitigations for potential failure modes or broader risks of systems involving multiple interacting AI agents. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training.
Research Program Manager MercorResearch Program ManagerSan Francisco, California$120,000–$200,000 / yearMercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents. You’ll work across research, operations, and marketing to ensure evaluations are executed rigorously, results are shared with the broader AI community, and new benchmarks launch smoothly.
Research Specialist / Scientist, Metabolic Phenotyping (In Vitro & In Vivo) Altos LabsResearch Specialist / Scientist, Metabolic Phenotyping (In Vitro & In Vivo)San Francisco, CA$129,500–$166,000 / yearYou will independently plan, execute, troubleshoot, and interpret rigorous experiments across models that range from primary cell cultures to in vivo rodent systems, applying a diverse set of techniques that includes real-time measurements of cellular energetics, multi-omics sample generation, metabolic imaging, and whole-animal phenotyping. Design and execute in vivo rodent metabolic studies in collaboration with the team, including animal handling, dosing (intraperitoneal, intravenous, oral), metabolic phenotyping (glucose- and insulin-tolerance tests, CLAMS for metabolic monitoring), and endpoint tissue collection optimized for multi-omics, bioenergetic, and histological analysis.
AI Research Expert - Fully Remote MercorAI Research Expert - Fully RemoteSan Francisco, CaliforniaRemote$110–$145 / hourProvide clear, structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance. For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome.
Research Scientist GoodfireResearch ScientistSan Francisco, California$200,000–$400,000 / yearTreating models as black boxes is an unnecessary handicap—we have access to the structures inside them, and understanding those structures lets us steer what models learn, make them safer and more useful, and extract the vast knowledge they contain. Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to join a vital mission at an important point in its trajectory — we are developing groundbreaking technology with a world-class team on the critical path to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity.
Research Specialist / Sr Scientist, Assay Sciences, Discovery Pharmacology Altos LabsResearch Specialist / Sr Scientist, Assay Sciences, Discovery PharmacologySan Francisco, CA$129,500–$166,000 / yearAs a Research Specialist or Sr Scientist of Assay Sciences, Discovery Pharmacology team, your primary focus will be supporting the needs of development and operation of a wide range of analytical and bioassays within the Drug Discovery and Development (3DS) division of Altos. You'll be taking manual assays and turning them into super-efficient, automated processes-think moving from a bench to high-throughput screening with automated gear.
AI Research Scientist WriterAI Research ScientistSan Francisco, CAThe instincts and orientation that match WRITER's values: you Connect - you collaborate openly across research, engineering, and product and communicate complex ideas with clarity to both technical and non-technical audiences; you Challenge - you ask the hard questions, push back on conventional wisdom, and pursue the research directions others haven't tried yet; you Own - you drive your projects end-to-end with urgency, take accountability for results, and care deeply about the impact your work has on real customers. Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Austin, Chicago, and London, our team thinks big and moves fast, and we're looking for smart, hardworking builders and scalers to join us on our journey to create a better future of work with AI.
Research Scientist, AI SubstrateResearch Scientist, AISan Francisco, California$150,000–$275,000 / yearThis role sits at the intersection of cutting-edge physics and artificial intelligence, and you'll work hands-on to develop AI-augmented tools that enable breakthrough research, and build the infrastructure and expertise that empowers our technical teams to leverage AI in their own work. As a Research Scientist working with AI, you will accelerate and augment R&D workflows by applying machine learning to scientific simulations and modeling while simultaneously building internal AI capabilities across the organization.
MTS - ML Research Scientist OmnifoldMTS - ML Research ScientistSan Francisco, CaliforniaYou will work at the intersection of machine learning models, optimization, LLM reasoning capabilities, and proprietary data - a combination few research teams are building. Continuously improving model performance as market conditions shift (consumer sentiment, product launches, geopolitical changes, competitive dynamics).
Research Engineer / Scientist, Memory LettaResearch Engineer / Scientist, MemorySan Francisco, CaliforniaWe’re assembling a world-class team of researchers and engineers to solve AI’s hardest problem: making machines that can reason, remember, and learn the way humans do. Building memory architectures that support multiple memory types including temporal sequences, episodic experiences, semantic knowledge, and procedural skills.
Engineering Coach - Space Tech Researchers (Director/VP+) MentoEngineering Coach - Space Tech Researchers (Director/VP+)San Francisco, CaliforniaRemoteWe are particularly interested in those who have led research engineering teams at high-growth global tech organizations, AI/ML companies, health tech, or fast-scaling startups where technical and organizational complexity intersect. As a Mento coach, you will form 1:1 partnerships with our members to help them identify & track clear goals, become a better leader, communicate more effectively, problem-solve issues at work, and help them feel happy, fulfilled, and engaged at work and beyond.
Engineering Coach - Manager of Researchers (Director/VP+) MentoEngineering Coach - Manager of Researchers (Director/VP+)San Francisco, CaliforniaRemoteWe are particularly interested in those who have led research engineering teams at high-growth global tech organizations, AI/ML companies, health tech, or fast-scaling startups where technical and organizational complexity intersect. As a Mento coach, you will form 1:1 partnerships with our members to help them identify & track clear goals, become a better leader, communicate more effectively, problem-solve issues at work, and help them feel happy, fulfilled, and engaged at work and beyond.