# Data Scientist, Safeguards

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $275k – $370k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Python, SQL, Data Visualization, Experimentation, Data Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-06-02

> As an early member of the Safeguards Data Science and Analytics team, you will build and scale a data-driven culture, defining key metrics, analyzing user behavior, and influencing product strategy to deploy safe, frontier AI at scale.

## Job Description

## Key responsibilities

* Deep dive into user behavior data to provide insights on safety concerns
* Define core metrics that measure the team's success. Set goals, build forecasts, monitor performance, and develop actionable reporting
* Identify and size opportunities to improve the product, influencing product roadmap through your insights and recommendations
* Develop hypotheses on product changes, design controlled experiments, analyze the results, and make recommendations based on impact to key metrics
* Build a data driven culture from the ground up by establishing foundational data best practices and making data more accessible across the company

## Minimum qualifications

* Expertise in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools.
* A bias for action and urgency, not letting perfect be the enemy of the effective.
* A strong disposition to thrive in ambiguity, taking initiative to create clarity and forward progress.
* A deep curiosity and energy for pulling the thread on hard questions.
* Experience in turning open questions and data into concise and insightful analysis.
* Highly effective written communication and presentation skills.
* A passion for the company's mission of building helpful, honest, and harmless AI.

## Preferred qualifications

* 6+ years of experience in data science or analytics roles, preferably in an infrastructure or operations context.
* 3+ years of experience deeply embedding in Product teams.
* Experience working on safety, anti-abuse, integrity shaped problems.

## Annual Salary:

$275,000—$370,000 USD

## Logistics

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

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