Applied AI, Research Engineer
AI summary of the role
Anthropic's Applied AI Research Engineer bridges product and go-to-market: you embed with product teams to master new model capabilities, own the technical-to-GTM handshake for launches, build demos/evals, and solve novel challenges for strategic customers.
What you’ll do
- Embed with product teams to become the field's go-to expert on new capabilities
- Own the technical<>GTM handshake for model and product launches (testing, field readiness, capability education)
- Build demos, evals, and prototypes that showcase customer-relevant capabilities
- Develop enablement materials (playbooks, training, reference architectures) with Technical Enablement
What you’ll bring
- 6+ years as Software Engineer, Technical PM, Forward Deployed Engineer, AI startup founder, or similar
- Strong proficiency in at least one programming language
- Meaningful experience building with large language models (shipping LLM products, agents, or production integrations)
- Experience designing evals, building prototypes, or developing technical enablement
Technologies
large language models · LLM-powered products · agents · evals · prototyping · reference architectures · programming
About Anthropic
Frontier AI lab building Claude — safety-focused foundation models sold via API, Claude.ai, Claude Code, and enterprise platform; ~80% revenue from business customers.
Series G
Source and classification
Technical pre-sales · Evidence for this classification:
About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. Applied AI Research Engineer Applied AI Research Team, Applied AI About the role: As an Applied AI Research Engineer, you will discover what Anthropic's models and products can do, prove it with real customers, and equip the rest of Applied AI to sell and deliver it. You'll embed with product teams to build deep expertise on new capabilities as they develop, and serve as a critical feedback loop carrying field reality back to Product and Research so that what we build next reflects what customers actually need. In collaboration with Sales, Product,
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About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. Applied AI Research Engineer Applied AI Research Team, Applied AI About the role: As an Applied AI Research Engineer, you will discover what Anthropic's models and products can do, prove it with real customers, and equip the rest of Applied AI to sell and deliver it. You'll embed with product teams to build deep expertise on new capabilities as they develop, and serve as a critical feedback loop carrying field reality back to Product and Research so that what we build next reflects what customers actually need. In collaboration with Sales, Product, and Research teams, you'll sit at the intersection of what we build and how customers adopt it. You'll own the technical<> GTM handshake for model and product launches: testing new models to understand their strengths and limitations, building demos and evals, and helping field teams get ready. When strategic customers hit novel challenges, you'll go hands-on to solve them. And throughout, you'll synthesize what you're learning across customers and products into insights that shape our roadmap, w [... source excerpt omitted ...] , and Research teams to stay calibrated on what's working, what's not, and what matters most. This role is equal parts researcher, field expert, and connective tissue between our customers and the teams that build our products. You'll need the technical depth to push the boundaries of what our models can do, strong communication skills to make complex capabilities clear to diverse audiences, and the instinct to turn what you learn in the field into signal that makes our products better. Responsibilities: Embed with product teams to build deep technical expertise on new products and capabilities as they develop, becoming the field's go-to expert in your domain Own the technica [... source excerpt omitted ...] nd product launches-- early testing, field readiness assessments, and ongoing capability education throughout the model lifecycle Build demos, evals, and prototypes that showcase customer-relevant model and product capabilities, and define what good performance looks like in important domains Develop enablement materials like playbooks, training sessions, and reference architectures in partnership with Technical Enablement, so Applied AI teams can effectively position and deliver new capabilities from day one Engage hands-on with strategic customers facing novel technical challenges in your domain, discover solutions, then package learnings into scalable approaches for the bro
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