Anthropic Research Resident

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · AI Research & Engineering · listed October 28, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Not stated
Where
Remote
Stated pay
$350,000 – $500,000
Requirements listed
5
Length
1,421 words

In the posting’s own words

The Anthropic Residency is our paid, fixed-term research program, with placements lasting between six weeks and six months. We are looking for people who have led ambitious work in a variety of technical fields and want to transition to full-time work focused on making sure AI systems are safe and beneficial for all of humanity. If you are a professor in a quantitative discipline, a technical founder or a staff-level engineer and want to transition to work on transformative AI, we want to hear from you. Background in machine learning is not required.

What it asks for · 5

  • Are motivated by making sure AI is safe and beneficial for society as a whole
  • Are excited to transition into working on empirical AI research full-time
  • Have led ambitious work in a variety of technical fields (professor in a quantitative discipline, a technical founder or a staff-level engineer)
  • Thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments
  • Can implement ideas quickly and communicate clearly

Also a plus

  • Have experience authoring research papers in machine learning, NLP, or AI safety
  • Have experience with LLMs, reinforcement learning or Kubernetes clusters and complex shared codebases

Tools and skills named

Models & research
  • Machine learning5×
  • LLM2×
  • NLP2×
  • Reinforcement learning2×
  • Evaluations
  • GPU
Security & compliance
  • Security3×
  • Cryptography
Ways of working
  • Testing2×
  • Mentorship
Cloud & infra
  • Kubernetes

Words the posting leans on

  • models14×
  • research12×
  • background9×
  • safety7×
  • alignment6×
  • technical6×
  • leads5×
  • adversarial4×
  • frontier4×
  • machine learning4×
  • systems4×
  • developing3×
  • interpretability3×
  • language models3×
  • potential3×
  • researches3×

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