AnthropicSan Francisco, CAResearch Engineer on Cybersecurity RL team advances AI models in secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and defensive cybersecurity using RL techniques. Requires cybersecurity expertise, ML experience, and strong engineering skills.
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Annual Salary: $300,000 — $405,000 USD
Lead detection and response engineering efforts, building tooling and processes to monitor threats, investigate incidents, and coordinate responses across Anthropic's technology stack. Requires 5+ years in detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting.
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