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.

About the team

Anthropic's Life Sciences team is building a world-class research group focused on making fundamental biological discoveries. The team combines cutting-edge AI with hands-on biological research, positioning Anthropic at the forefront of demonstrating how AI tools can accelerate scientific workflows and enable discovery.

About the role

We are hiring Research Associates: early-career bench scientists who will join a small team to help establish our biology research program. This is an entry-level role, great for individuals who have done some research during an undergrad or masters program and may be considering pursuing a PhD in Life Sciences in the future.

You'll work directly alongside senior scientists, executing and troubleshooting experiments at the bench while learning advanced techniques in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment. We value curiosity, careful hands, and the willingness to take ownership of a result. Our scientists are eager to teach; we're hiring for motivation and trajectory as much as for existing skill.

This is a fully hands-on bench role — while familiarity with computational biology and bioinformatics is welcome, the role does not involve AI/ML model development.

Key responsibilities

• Execute molecular biology and biochemistry experiments at the bench under the direction of senior scientists
• Maintain meticulous, reproducible records and contribute to shared protocols
• Troubleshoot experiments, propose adjustments, and present results clearly in group meetings
• Maintain mammalian and bacterial cell lines, materials stocks, and reagent inventories
• Learn and adopt new techniques rapidly as projects evolve, with training provided

Minimum qualifications

• Have hands-on research experience in molecular biology, biochemistry, or a closely related field
• Are proficient with foundational molecular biology techniques: PCR, gel electrophoresis, molecular cloning, and plasmid preparation
• Have experience with aseptic technique and bacterial or mammalian cell culture, and with nucleic acid extraction, purification, and quantification
• Follow, document, and adapt experimental protocols with care and precision
• Are highly motivated, eager to learn, and energized by hands-on bench work
• Are practical and resourceful — you'd rather find a way through than a reason it can't be done
• Listen carefully, take feedback well, ask good questions, and are comfortable when priorities shift quickly
• Are excited to use AI models as a tool at the bench to plan experiments, interpret data, and decide what to try next

Preferred qualifications

• A BS or MS in molecular biology, biochemistry, chemical biology, microbiology, bioengineering, or a related discipline
• Protein expression and purification experience (e.g., affinity, SEC, IEX)
• Mammalian cell culture experience, including transfection and stable line maintenance
• Enzyme kinetics or quantitative biochemical assay development (fluorescence, absorbance, FRET)
• Next-generation sequencing library preparation experience
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