Anthropic is seeking to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, and the Research Scientist role is intended to help establish the company as a leader in biology research while developing product intuition through direct engagement with the challenges and opportunities of laboratory science.
Requirements
- Basic proficiency in Python and familiar with ML development practices
- Familiarity with modern machine learning techniques and model training methodologies
- Familiarity with biological databases (UniProt, GenBank, PDB) and computational biology tools
- Published research or practical experience in scientific AI applications
Responsibilities
- Implement a scientific research program that may include both wet-lab and computational components
- Design and implement evaluation methodologies for assessing AI model capabilities relevant to biological research and applications
- Develop and execute strategies to systematically improve model performance on scientific tasks
- Develop approaches to address long-horizon task completion and complex reasoning challenges essential for scientific discovery
- Translate between biological domain knowledge and machine learning objectives
Other
- At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Ability to work from the San Francisco office at least 3 days a week
- Ability to work independently while maintaining strong collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Results-oriented, with a bias towards flexibility and impact
- Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas, but we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate
