Anthropic

Research Associate, Biology

San Francisco, CA · Junior

H1B sponsorship available$65k-$85kDetected 7 days ago

Machine LearningNLPLogisticsBioinformaticsPCRMolecular BiologyCell CultureResearchCommunication

About the role

We are hiring Research Associates: early-career bench scientists who will join a small team to help establish our biology research program.
This is an entry-level role, great for individuals who have done some research during an undergrad or masters program and may be considering pursuing a PhD in Life Sciences in the future.
You'll work directly alongside senior scientists, executing and troubleshooting experiments at the bench while learning advanced techniques in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment.

Maintain meticulous, reproducible records and contribute to shared protocols
Maintain mammalian and bacterial cell lines, materials stocks, and reagent inventories
Follow, document, and adapt experimental protocols with care and precision
Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Have hands-on research experience in molecular biology, biochemistry, or a closely related field
Have experience with aseptic technique and bacterial or mammalian cell culture, and with nucleic acid extraction, purification, and quantification
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

A BS or MS in molecular biology, biochemistry, chemical biology, microbiology, bioengineering, or a related discipline
Protein expression and purification experience (e.g., affinity, SEC, IEX)
Mammalian cell culture experience, including transfection and stable line maintenance
Enzyme kinetics or quantitative biochemical assay development (fluorescence, absorbance, FRET)
Next-generation sequencing library preparation experience
Experience using AI tools such as Claude in a research setting - for literature review, protocol drafting, data interpretation, or experimental troubleshooting
This is a rare opportunity to help define how a frontier AI company does biology.
You'll learn quickly, work closely with people who want to teach, and see your results feed directly into how the most capable AI models are evaluated and improved.

Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Anthropic's Life Sciences team is building a world-class research group focused on making fundamental biological discoveries.
The team combines cutting-edge AI with hands-on biological research, positioning Anthropic at the forefront of AI-accelerated scientific discovery.
Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate.
But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We do sponsor visas!

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