Anthropic
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)
$300K–$320K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Preferred: 5+ years in the chemistry area beyond the PhD. Minimum years correlate with internal job level; no specific number stated.
- Education
- PhD in chemistry. Logistics also lists a minimum education of a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, though not for every role or candidate; the company states it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Conduct hands-on chemistry research, test AI-generated molecular and reaction hypotheses experimentally, and feed results back to AI research teams.
What you'll do
- Design and run chemistry experiments, including synthesis, characterization, mechanistic studies, and property evaluation.
- Evaluate AI-designed molecules, routes, mechanisms, and predictions, then share experimental data with research teams.
- Coordinate external research, maintain high-quality experimental records, and communicate findings across chemistry, AI, and life sciences teams.
What they ask for
- PhD in chemistry.
- Deep expertise in an experimental chemistry area and recent, sustained hands-on laboratory work.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, independently and collaboratively, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of experience in chemistry beyond the PhD.
- Computational chemistry, cheminformatics, coding, AI/ML, CRO direction, medicinal chemistry program experience, or relevant publications and patents.
Pay
$300,000 — $320,000 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
NMR, LC-MS, HPLC, DFT, Python, RDKit, pandas
AI focus
Experimentally validate AI-designed molecules, proposed synthetic routes, and predicted mechanisms and properties; generate data to train and evaluate AI models.
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