Looking for research engineer jobs in the USA with visa sponsorship? Anthropic is hiring a Research Engineer for the Code RL team in San Francisco or New York.
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Research Engineer Jobs in the USA: Overview
| Job Title | Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning) |
| Employer | Anthropic |
| Location | San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY |
| Salary | $500,000–$850,000 per year |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Experience | Strong software engineering and Python expertise |
| Visa Sponsorship | Yes, Anthropic sponsors visas |
| Closing Date | Not specified in the available job information |
About the Employer
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The team works on building safe and beneficial AI.
Job Responsibilities
- Design RL environments and coding tasks for model training
- Build reward signals and verifiers for code quality
- Run training experiments on frontier models
- Diagnose and improve model performance on software engineering tasks
- Enhance the speed and reliability of training pipelines
- Collaborate on agentic coding and long-horizon autonomous engineering
Requirements
- Strong software-engineering skills and deep Python expertise including async programming
- Ability to own systems end to end and debug across the stack
- Balance research exploration with engineering implementation
- Care about code quality, testing, and performance
- Commitment to developing safe and beneficial AI systems
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Visa Sponsorship and International Applicants
Anthropic confirms it sponsors visas. However, sponsorship is not guaranteed for every role or candidate, but the company states it will make every reasonable effort if an offer is made. A hybrid policy requires staff in one of the offices at least 25% of the time.
Salary and Benefits
- Competitive total compensation including equity
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Office collaboration space
- Visa sponsorship available
- High salary range
- Impactful AI research
- Hybrid office requirement
- Competitive selection process
How to Apply
Apply directly through Anthropic’s Greenhouse careers page. Submit a resume or LinkedIn profile and complete the application questions.
Application Tips
- Highlight experience with RL, coding agents, or ML systems
- Review Anthropic’s AI usage policy for candidates
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