# Research Scientist, Discovery (Engineering & Applied Sciences) at Anthropic

- Company: Anthropic
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.anthropic.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-11-05
- Apply by: 2026-12-20
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5468937008?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/anthropic-research-scientist-discovery-engineering-and-applied-sciences/

## About the role

The Discovery team at Anthropic is organized around the north star goal of building an AI scientist – a system capable of solving the long-term reasoning challenges and basic capabilities necessary to push the scientific and technological frontier. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with a modern machine learning framework such as PyTorch or JAX
- Hands-on experience training or evaluating machine learning models
- Track record of machine learning research: forming hypotheses, designing and running experiments, and drawing sound conclusions from the results
- Ability to implement your own research ideas and diagnose problems in complex systems
- Ability to learn unfamiliar technical fields quickly and work productively with experts in them
- Clear communication and a collaborative approach to solving problems

Tags: AI Research & Engineering

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