Research Engineer, Rule of Law

About the role

Design and run AI safety evaluations focused on legal alignment, and conduct technical work (including fine-tuning) to improve targeted aspects of model performance
Leverage AI to analyze institutional vulnerabilities created or exacerbated by AI itself, and develop accompanying sociotechnical mitigations
Develop novel applications of AI to bolster and enrich democratic processes
Conduct rigorous sociotechnical studies on how information furnished by AI can support informed deliberation and debate
Partner closely with researchers, policy and law experts, and other cross-functional teams across Anthropic to advance our safety mission
Translate research insights into actionable recommendations for both product and policy

Responsibilities

• Design and run AI safety evaluations focused on legal alignment, and conduct technical work (including fine-tuning) to improve targeted aspects of model performance
• Leverage AI to analyze institutional vulnerabilities created or exacerbated by AI itself, and develop accompanying sociotechnical mitigations
• Develop novel applications of AI to bolster and enrich democratic processes
• Conduct rigorous sociotechnical studies on how information furnished by AI can support informed deliberation and debate
• Partner closely with researchers, policy and law experts, and other cross-functional teams across Anthropic to advance our safety mission
• Translate research insights into actionable recommendations for both product and policy

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in AI together with substantive expertise in government, law, political science, or public policy
• Advanced skills in deep learning, together with capabilities in data science, mechanism design, govtech, deliberative tech, or a related field
• Deeply understand experimental design, data analysis and inferential statistics
• At least five years of work experience in academia, industry, or government
• Comfortable navigating the ambiguity inherent to novel research, including settings where the objective itself is hard to define
• Strong technical skills in sociotechnical settings: thinking carefully about human factors, how AI systems interact with groups of humans, and human behavior
• Energized by working at the intersection of technical research and questions of democracy and institutional design

Skills

• Experience designing and running evaluations or fine-tuning experiments on large language models
• Experience with large-scale data analysis
• Experience with UX and interface design, with an eye toward making complex tools intuitive for non-technical users
• Experience with engineering with privacy considerations front of mind
• Experience with research relating to deliberative technology, civic technology, or the societal impacts of AI
• Experience working or within government, courts, legislatures, or public policy institutions

Benefits

• Annual compensation range: $320,000—$485,000 USD
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

Pay

• Annual Salary: $320,000—$485,000 USD

Schedule

• Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.