Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable and beneficial AI systems. The Data Scientist in the Safeguards team will play a critical role in building a data-driven culture by analyzing user behavior, defining key success metrics, and influencing product strategy to ensure safety in AI deployment.
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
Skills
- 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
- Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
- Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
- 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
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- A lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
Company Overview
Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company that develops large language models and AI systems for business and research use. It was founded in 2021, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.anthropic.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Anthropic has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 22 in 2026, 105 in 2025, 13 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.