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Research Engineer / Scientist, Pre-Training

Anthropic · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY · Remote

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About Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Backed by Accel, Bessemer and General Catalyst.

About the role

Anthropic is at the forefront of AI research, dedicated to developing safe, ethical, and powerful artificial intelligence. Our mission is to ensure that transformative AI systems are aligned with human interests. We are seeking a Research Engineer to join our Pre-training team, responsible for developing the next generation of large language models. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
  • Strong software engineering skills with a proven track record of building complex systems
  • Expertise in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred)
  • Familiarity with large-scale machine learning, particularly in the context of language models
  • Ability to balance research goals with practical engineering constraints
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a results-oriented mindset
More about this role

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Anthropic is at the forefront of AI research, dedicated to developing safe, ethical, and powerful artificial intelligence. Our mission is to ensure that transformative AI systems are aligned with human interests. We are seeking a Research Engineer to join our Pre-training team, responsible for developing the next generation of large language models. In this role, you will work at the intersection of cutting-edge research and practical engineering, contributing to the development of safe, steerable, and trustworthy AI systems.

Conduct research and implement solutions in areas such as model architecture, algorithms, data processing, and optimizer development

Independently lead small research projects while collaborating with team members on larger initiatives

Design, run, and analyze scientific experiments to advance our understanding of large language...

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