Anthropic
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) at Anthropic, based in London, paying £260,000 - £630,000. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £260,000 - £630,000
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- London
- Closing date
- Sector
- Research Scientist
Reference jobs/173a7a72-56fd-4433-999c-486e40305747
About the role
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Anthropic, the AI safety and research company behind Claude, is hiring a Research Engineer for its Reinforcement Learning teams in London. The role mixes research and engineering: building and improving AI models that can use tools, write software and reason better.
What you'll do:
- Build and optimise core reinforcement learning infrastructure across GPU clusters
- Design and test new training environments and evaluations
- Profile, benchmark and speed up training and evaluation systems
- Work with research and engineering teams on testing frameworks, APIs and scalable infrastructure
What they ask for: strong Python including async/concurrent programming, experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX, industry ML research experience, good systems design and communication skills, and care for code quality. Formal certifications or publications are not required.
Annual salary £260,000 - £630,000. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Reference: jobs/173a7a72-56fd-4433-999c-486e40305747 · Posted 56 minutes ago · Closes 11 Dec 2026 · Listed via Anthropic
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