Anthropic
Staff+ Researcher, Cybersecurity Products
$405K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in security research, security engineering, or a closely related field. Logistics also states that required years 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; if an offer is made, Anthropic will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa.
About the job
Research and evaluate frontier-model cybersecurity capabilities, rapidly prototype useful applications, and help operationalize promising capabilities into Claude Security for customers.
What you'll do
- Prototype and rigorously evaluate AI capabilities for cybersecurity work, including building datasets, evaluation harnesses, and scoring.
- Collaborate with the cybersecurity community and internal teams to identify high-impact capabilities and turn them into reliable product features.
- Track capability changes, share findings, and inform product direction and priorities.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in one or more security domains.
- Experience building AI-powered tools or capabilities for security work.
- Ability to prototype quickly, design rigorous evaluations, interpret results, and communicate technical findings clearly.
- 7+ years of experience in security research, security engineering, or a closely related field.
Nice to have
- Published research, CTF results, CVEs, or open source security tooling; experience with model evaluation, benchmarking, or red teaming.
- Experience building agentic applications or familiarity with AI safety considerations in security contexts.
Pay
$405,000 — $485,000 USD annual salary (base salary)
AI focus
Research, evaluate, and productize frontier-model capabilities for cybersecurity, making them useful and reliable for non-expert customers.
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