Anthropic
Applied AI Engineer, Startups (Life Sciences)
$280K–$320K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 4+ years of technical experience; alternatively, the minimum years required correlate with internal job level requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; Anthropic says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Advises life sciences and biotech startups on building products and research workflows with Claude, through technical implementation, evaluation, architecture, and reusable resources.
What you'll do
- Lead hands-on technical engagements, including pair programming and architecture reviews, and advise on AI implementation and agent design.
- Develop prototypes, evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, documentation, reference implementations, and sample code for scientific workflows.
- Share engagement insights with internal teams and represent Anthropic in the startup ecosystem through events and technical content.
What they ask for
- Deep experience in life sciences or biotech through research or industry work.
- 4+ years of technical experience in a listed engineering, research, computational biology, or founder role, plus either production experience building LLM-powered applications or a track record applying AI to scientific work.
- Strong technical communication skills, including translating complex concepts into implementation plans and running technical workshops or events.
Nice to have
- Experience with startups or high-growth companies and working with founders and small teams.
Pay
$280,000 — $320,000 USD base salary
Tools
Claude, MCP
AI focus
Helps life sciences startups build products and conduct scientific research with Claude, including agent design, LLM-powered applications, evaluation, and scalable deployment.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative