Applied AI Architect, International Policy
$240k - $315k • San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC
Posted 9h ago
Job Location
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
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Applied AI Engineer
About the job
Anthropic is building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for society. As a member of the International Policy Applied AI team, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to governments, AI Safety Institutes, and multilateral institutions. You will leverage your technical expertise and experience with government partners to help them understand, test, and safely apply frontier AI to their public missions. This role directly supports Anthropic's policy, mission, and public benefit goals by collaborating with Policy, Product, Research, and Engineering teams to develop strategies for evaluating and adopting leading-edge AI systems. You will explain complex AI topics, including potential benefits and harms, to diverse audiences and identify how our AI systems can best serve public interests globally while upholding safety standards.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical advisor to senior officials in partner governments, AISIs, and international institutions, briefing them on frontier AI capabilities, benefits, harms, and safety research.
- Collaborate with the Policy team to understand partner goals and develop demos, pilots, and evaluation suites demonstrating Claude's utility for public missions.
- Lead technical onboarding, enablement, and workshops for partner institutions, guiding their setup, architecture, and integration with Claude Code and the Claude API.
- Represent international partners' needs to Product and Research teams to ensure delivery of required capabilities.
- Travel internationally for senior leader meetings, technical enablement, and relationship building.
- Establish a shared vision for creating beneficial and safe AI solutions.
- Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of innovative solutions leveraging the latest model capabilities.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Cybersecurity Engineer, with experience working with governments, international organizations, or the public sector.
- Experience in technology policy, AI safety, cybersecurity, or international affairs.
- Proven ability to design novel and innovative technical solutions in developing mission areas.
- Familiarity with AI model evaluation and safety testing methodologies.
- Strong technical aptitude and proficiency in at least one programming language (Python preferred).
- Understanding of and experience with LLM fundamentals.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to different domains, and find simple solutions.
- Experience with cross-organizational collaboration, managing trade-offs, and balancing priorities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of explaining complex topics to diverse stakeholders.
- Passion for using technology safely and beneficially to advance AI systems.
Benefits
- Annual compensation range: $240,000 - $315,000 USD
- Visa sponsorship available for some roles and candidates.