AI Cyber Defense Research Engineer
$350kAnthropic
A leading AI research organization, located in San Francisco, is seeking a Research Scientist for its cybersecurity team. The role involves developing tools for AI-empowered cybersecurity and designing experiments around autonomous systems. Candidates should have strong expertise in cybersecurity, programming skills in Python, and possess the ability to handle complex problems. This role offers a competitive salary range of 350,000–850,000 USD and aims at shaping the future of AI in security contexts. #J-18808-Ljbffr Anthropic
$300k - $405k
...RL team within Horizons. As a Research Engineer, you'll help to safely... ...remediation, and other areas of defensive cybersecurity. This role blends... ...experience in training safe AI models. For example, you might... ...building CTF competitions and cyber ranges. Academic research...CyberFull timeWork at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours$300k - $405k
...interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be... ...growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business... ...remediation, and other areas of defensive cybersecurity. This role... ...building CTF competitions and cyber ranges. Academic research...CyberWork at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours$320k
...interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be... ...growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business... ...systems can do and building the defenses that matter. In 2026, we're... ...capable of novel cyber capabilities. We think 2026...CyberWork at officeRelocationVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours$350k
...interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be... ...growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business... ...coordinated attacks—and develop defenses that keep our products safe... ..., such as coordinated cyber attacks and influence operations...CyberFull timeWork at officeVisa sponsorship- ...AGI, driving our commitment to AI safety and fostering a... ...About the role As the lead researcher for cybersecurity risks, you... ...mitigation stack to prevent severe cyber misuse across OpenAI’s... ...structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles. ~ Are familiar...CyberWork at officeLocal areaRelocation packageFlexible hours
$300k - $405k
Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer for its Cybersecurity RL team within Horizons. In this role, you will advance capabilities in secure... ...cybersecurity, strong engineering skills, and a passion for safe AI development. This position offers a competitive salary ranging...Flexible hours$300k - $405k
A leading AI research organization in New York is seeking a Research Engineer to join their Cybersecurity RL team. This role involves advancing AI capabilities in secure coding and vulnerability remediation. Candidates should have cybersecurity research experience, strong...Flexible hours- ...create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for... ...learning Pioneering fundamental RL research for large language models Building scalable... ...About The Role We are hiring a Research Engineer for the Code RL team. You will design RL...Work at officeVisa sponsorship
- The City and County of San Francisco are looking for a Cyber Defense Operations Engineer to join their Department of Technology. This role is crucial for maintaining the security of city services, focusing on incident response, vulnerability management, and threat hunting...CyberFull time
$300k - $405k
A leading AI research firm in San Francisco seeks a Research Engineer for the Cybersecurity RL team. You will advance AI capabilities in secure coding and vulnerability remediation, requiring both research and engineering skills. Ideal candidates have experience in cybersecurity...Work at office- A leading AI research organization is seeking a Research Engineer to develop the next generation of training environments for safe agentic AI. This role requires strong software engineering skills and the ability to balance research and implementation while working collaboratively...
- Anthropic in San Francisco is seeking a Research Scientist or Research Engineer to enhance AI systems through machine learning. This role offers the chance to lead innovative research on finetuning language models and contribute to impactful projects that align AI systems...
$280k
...experiments to help us understand and steer the behavior of powerful AI systems. You care about making AI helpful, honest, and... .... You could describe yourself as both a scientist and an engineer. As a Research Engineer on Alignment Science, you'll contribute to exploratory...Work at officeHome officeRelocation package- As an Applied Research Engineer , you'll design and build advanced systems to collect, analyze, and optimize human-in-the-loop data for training cutting-edge AI models. Your work will focus on techniques such as Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), Direct...Work from home
- Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels) Join to apply for the Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels) role at Character.AI About The Role And Team Joining us as a Research Engineer on the Post-Training team, you'll be diving into the exciting...
- Anthropic is seeking a Research Engineer in San Francisco to enhance Claude’s ability in computer use and improve the systems’ proficiency in executing complex tasks. You will drive the development of evaluation frameworks and collaborate with various teams to bridge the...
$280k - $405k
Overview Prompt engineering is the art of instructing large language models in a way that delivers... ..., and iterative experimentation. As a research prompt engineer, your role would be to... ...requirement. About Anthropic Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s...Work at officeHome officeRelocation package- Research Engineer - World Models - Onsite, Downtown San Francisco Hiring for a stealth frontier AI lab building real-time AI gaming companions. Think AI squadmates that can learn, plan, understand game worlds, and play side-by-side with humans. Looking for someone research...
- BioStack is building the data layer for AI-native healthcare and drug discovery. We work... ...DeepMind. About the Role As an RL Engineer at BioStack, you will help build the reinforcement... ...decision-making, and biomedical research tasks. We’re looking for someone with strong...Contract work
$235k
...time Location Type On-site Department R&D AI Science Compensation IC4 Estimated... ...decisions. About Alembic Alembic is where top engineers are solving marketing's hardest problem:... ...to leverage advanced analytics Document research and implementation decisions for...Full time- An innovative company is seeking a Research Engineer to develop groundbreaking AI systems. This role involves designing and implementing large-scale distributed machine learning systems and writing efficient, bug-free code. Candidates should possess strong programming...
$200k - $275k
...critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion,... ...Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer... .... Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. We are looking...Flexible hours- Gazelle Global is offering an exciting opportunity for a Research Engineer role in San Francisco, California. In this position, you will bridge... ...implementation, contributing to the development of advanced AI systems while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The...
- Acceler8 Talent is hiring a Research Engineer in San Francisco to develop innovative real-time AI gaming companions. The role focuses on creating AI that can learn and play alongside humans, leveraging recent advancements in world models and machine learning. The ideal...
- ...internet — and it’s still massively under-modeled. We’re an AI research lab building internet-scale video understanding systems used by... ...top-tier investors, we’re scaling fast and hiring our next core engineer. What You’ll Do Build high-performance video understanding...Immediate start
$350k
# Research Engineer, Knowledge TeamDepartment: ResearchJob Type / Location: San FranciscoExperience Required: 3+ yearsPosted On: May 18, 2026Anthropic... ...s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users...Work at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours$231k - $340k
Harvey is seeking a Research Engineer to drive model training experiments and improve agent performance in legal tasks. This role involves close collaboration with internal and external research partners to optimize training processes and develop efficient evaluation systems...$350k
...has access to the knowledge and tools to make AI work for their unique needs and goals. We are scientists, engineers, and builders who’ve created some of the most... ...Tinker Tinker is our fine‑tuning API that empowers researchers and developers to customize frontier AI to...Visa sponsorshipWork visaRelocation package- OpenAI in San Francisco is hiring a Research Engineer/Scientist for the North Stars team within the Personal AGI research organization. You will advance AI-enabled experiences by closing the capability gap between power users and the average consumer, focusing on tool-use...Work at officeRelocation package
- ...s most exciting startups; a well-funded AI Lab building the next generation of AI tools... ...design are hiring for Formal Methods Researchers. Backed by an advisory board that... ...the team brings together researchers and engineers from leading orgs. like OpenAI, Anthropic...
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