Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

3h•$500,000 - $850,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a Research Engineer for the Cybersecurity RL team within Horizons, which leads the company’s reinforcement learning research and development. The team works to safely advance model capabilities in secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and other areas of defensive cybersecurity. The role combines research and engineering. The Research Engineer will develop novel approaches, implement them in code, design and build reinforcement learning environments, conduct experiments and evaluations, and deliver work into production training runs. The role also involves collaboration with researchers, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists within and outside Anthropic. It requires cybersecurity expertise along with interest or experience in training safe AI models.

Requirements

Experience in cybersecurity research.
Experience with machine learning.
Strong software engineering skills.
Ability to balance research exploration with engineering implementation.
Passion for AI's potential and commitment to developing safe and beneficial systems.
At least a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
A field of study relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Professional experience in security engineering, fuzzing, detection and response, or other applied defensive work.
Experience participating in or building CTF competitions and cyber ranges.
Academic research experience in cybersecurity.
Familiarity with reinforcement learning techniques and environments.
Familiarity with LLM training methodologies.

Responsibilities

Develop novel approaches for safely advancing AI capabilities in defensive cybersecurity.
Design and implement reinforcement learning environments.
Conduct experiments and evaluations.
Deliver work into production training runs.
Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists across and outside Anthropic.