Are you passionate about advancing the frontier of AI and ensuring its alignment with human values? Anthropic, a leading organization in AI research and development, is seeking talented Research Scientists to join our innovative team. This role offers the chance to contribute to cutting-edge projects in a remote-friendly environment with travel requirements, based in key locations such as San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City.
About Anthropic
Our Mission
Anthropic is dedicated to creating AI systems that are reliable, interpretable, and steerable. We envision a future where AI technologies are not only safe and beneficial but also aligned with the best interests of society. Our diverse team of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders collaborates to build AI systems that serve the greater good.
Our Approach
We approach AI research with a focus on large-scale projects that require cohesive teamwork. Our goal is to align state-of-the-art models with human values, interpret complex neural networks, and develop new models to support these objectives. We view research and engineering as interconnected disciplines, striving to maximize the impact of our work through a comprehensive understanding of our research program.
Role Overview
Your Responsibilities
As a Research Scientist at Anthropic, your role will involve:
Aligning Models with Human Values: Work on projects that ensure AI models reflect and adhere to human preferences and ethical standards.
Interpreting Neural Networks: Gain insights into deep neural networks and develop methods to interpret their behaviors.
Developing New Models: Contribute to the creation of innovative models that support our research goals and address key challenges in AI.
Collaborating with the Team: Engage in collaborative, data-driven research decisions and contribute to a unified team effort focused on high-impact projects.
Sample Projects
In this role, you may work on projects such as:
Red-Teaming Language Models: Design methods to automatically test language models for harmful behaviors.
Creating Evaluation Datasets: Develop datasets to assess potential dangerous capabilities of language models, including persuasion or deception.
Comparing Transformer Variants: Analyze and compare the computational efficiency of different Transformer models.
Interactive Visualizations: Create tools to visualize attention mechanisms between tokens in language models.
Qualifications
Required Experience
Research Experience: At least one significant research project related to machine learning where you played a major role.
Preferred Skills
Articulation and Communication: Ability to clearly explain the motivations behind your work and communicate findings effectively, including null results.
Team Collaboration: Enjoy working in a team environment and making data-driven research decisions.
Attention to Detail: Belief that understanding details is crucial for developing a broader vision.
Quantitative Science Background: Experience in quantitative science, even if from a different field, is advantageous.
Logistics and Benefits
Work Structure
Location Options: Remote-friendly with travel requirements; based in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.
Hybrid Policy: Expected to be in the office at least 25% of the time, with some roles requiring more frequent office presence.
Visa Sponsorship
We do sponsor visas and will make every effort to assist with visa arrangements if an offer is extended. However, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for every role or candidate.
Compensation
Salary Range: $280,000—$625,000 USD annually.
Benefits
For US-Based Employees:
Health Coverage: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
401(k) Plan: 4% matching.
Paid Parental Leave: 22 weeks.
Unlimited PTO: Most staff take between 4-6 weeks annually, with flexibility.
Additional Stipends: For education, home office improvements, commuting, and wellness.
Fertility Benefits: Via Carrot.
Office Perks: Daily lunches and snacks.
Relocation Support: For those moving to the Bay Area.
For UK-Based Employees:
Health Coverage: Private health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
Pension Contribution: Matching 4% of your salary.
Paid Parental Leave: 21 weeks.
Unlimited PTO: Most staff take between 4-6 weeks annually, with flexibility.
Health Cash Plan: Additional health benefits.
Life Insurance and Income Protection: Coverage provided.
Office Perks: Daily lunches and snacks.
Why Anthropic?
At Anthropic, we believe in tackling big science challenges and working on a few high-impact research projects. Our approach integrates empirical science with AI research, similar to fields like physics and biology. We value collaboration and communication, regularly engaging in research discussions to ensure we are focused on the most impactful work.
Explore Our Research
To get a sense of our research directions, review our recent projects, including work on GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Join Our Team
Anthropic offers a collaborative and innovative work environment where you can contribute to transformative AI research. If you’re eager to be part of a team that prioritizes high-impact research and aims to build trustworthy AI systems, apply now.
For more information and to submit your application, visit our career page. We look forward to potentially working with you to advance the future of AI.
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