Research Engineer, Science of Scaling

About Anthropic 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. About the role Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer/Scientist to join the Science of Scaling 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. You'll contribute across the entire stack, from low-level optimizations to high-level algorithm and experimental design, balancing research goals with practical engineering constraints. Responsibilities: Conduct research intro the science of converting compute into intelligence 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 models Optimize training infrastructure to improve efficiency and reliability Develop dev tooling to enhance team productivity You may be a good fit if you: Have significant software engineering experience and a proven track reco