Anthropic
Research Scientist, Interpretability
$350K–$850K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Nov 7, 2025
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Years required correlate with internal job level requirements; no specific number stated.
- 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; if an offer is made, Anthropic will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa.
About the job
Research and engineer methods to reverse-engineer language models and understand their learned algorithms, features, and circuits to support AI safety.
What you'll do
- Develop and test methods for understanding LLMs, from toy settings to large models.
- Create and analyze interpretability features and circuits; build experiment and visualization infrastructure.
- Collaborate with colleagues and communicate research results internally and publicly.
What they ask for
- Familiarity with Python.
- Strong track record of scientific research in any field.
- Some work on interpretability.
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Nice to have
Pay
$350,000 — $850,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Mechanistic interpretability research to understand how neural network parameters map to algorithms and how models compute, supporting safer AI systems.
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