Anthropic · 1 day ago
Research Engineer, Universes
Friendly, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$500K/yr - $800K/yrAnthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable and interpretable AI systems. They are seeking Research Engineers to help build the next generation of training environments for capable and safe agentic AI, blending research and engineering responsibilities to push the state of the art in AI training methodologies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Build the next generation of agentic environments
Build rigorous evaluations that measure real capability
Collaborate across research and infrastructure teams to ship environments into production training
Debug and iterate rapidly across research and production ML stacks
Contribute to research culture through technical discussions and collaborative problem-solving
Qualification
Required
At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Strong software engineering skills and can build robust infrastructure
Ability to balance research exploration with engineering implementation
Good research taste or senior technical experience, demonstrating good judgment in identifying what actually matters in complex problem spaces
Comfortable with uncertainty and adapt quickly as the landscape shifts
Impact-driven — you care about outcomes, not activity
Operate with high agency
Enjoy pair programming
Preferred
Industry experience with large language model training, fine-tuning or evaluation
Industry experience building RL environments, simulation systems, or large-scale ML infrastructure
Senior experience in a relevant technical field even if transitioning domains
Deep expertise in sandboxing, containerization, VM infrastructure, or distributed systems
Published influential work in relevant ML areas
Benefits
Equity and benefits
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave
Flexible working hours
A lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
Company
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research company that focuses on the safety and alignment of AI systems with human values.
Founded in 2021
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.74BKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersGoogleAmazon
2025-09-02Series F· $13B
2025-05-16Debt Financing· $2.5B
2025-03-03Series E· $3.5B
Leadership Team
Dario Amodei
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Amodei
President and co-founder
Recent News
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