Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Posted 16d ago

Job Location

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Tech Stack

Remote Work Policy

On-site

Categories

AI Research Engineer

About the job

The Cybersecurity RL team within Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer to advance the capabilities of AI models in secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and defensive cybersecurity. This role combines research and engineering, requiring the design and implementation of RL environments, conducting experiments, delivering work into production training runs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have domain expertise in cybersecurity and an interest or experience in training safe AI models, potentially coming from backgrounds like white hat hacking, security engineering, or detection and response.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement RL environments for cybersecurity applications.
  • Conduct experiments and evaluations to advance AI model capabilities.
  • Deliver work into production training runs.
  • Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists.

Requirements

  • Experience in cybersecurity research.
  • Experience with machine learning.
  • Strong software engineering skills.
  • Ability to balance research exploration with engineering implementation.
  • Passion for AI's potential and commitment to developing safe and beneficial systems.
  • Professional experience in security engineering, fuzzing, detection and response, or other applied defensive work.
  • Experience participating in or building CTF competitions and cyber ranges.
  • Academic research experience in cybersecurity.
  • Familiarity with RL techniques and environments.
  • Familiarity with LLM training methodologies.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.

About Anthropic

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