Anthropic Research Resident
Job description
The Anthropic Residency is a paid, fixed-term research program with placements of six weeks to six months for people who have led ambitious technical work and want to transition to full-time empirical AI safety and security research.
At a glance
- Employment
- Temporary · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
- Pay
- GBP 265,000 – 375,000 / year
- Apply before
- November 22, 2026
What you'll do
- Work on a concrete, scoped project matched to your background, with direct mentorship from Anthropic researchers
- Work on empirical research questions in collaboration with Anthropic's research teams
What we're looking for
- Motivated by making sure AI is safe and beneficial for society as a whole
- 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
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
- Background in machine learning is not required
Nice to have
- Experience authoring research papers in machine learning, NLP, or AI safety
- Experience with LLMs, reinforcement learning or Kubernetes clusters and complex shared codebases
Your team
Anthropic Residency
Paid, fixed-term research program with placements lasting between six weeks and six months, working with Anthropic's research teams
Benefits
- Access to Claude models and GPU compute
- Connection to the broader AI safety and security research community
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
How to get hired
- 1Initial application
- 2Recruiter screen
- 3Technical assessment
- 4Research discussion
- 5Reference check
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About Anthropic
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
Mission
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.
Key facts
- San Francisco
- Public benefit corporation
- We work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts
- We view AI research as an empirical science
- We host frequent research discussions
What they value
- Impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI
- Collaboration
- Communication skills
- Diverse perspectives