Red Team Engineer, Safeguards

Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CAWebsite

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About Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company founded in 2021 in San Francisco. It was established by Dario and Daniela Amodei, along with a team of former OpenAI researchers, to focus on developing reliable and interpretable AI systems that prioritize safety, ethics, and alignment with human values. As a public benefit corporation, Anthropic aims to balance profit with its mission to ensure that transformative AI benefits society. The company's core offerings include advanced AI models and research, particularly emphasizing safety through innovations like Constitutional AI. Its flagship product, Claude, is a conversational AI chatbot designed to be a safer alternative to existing models. Anthropic is also engaged in frontier AI research, exploring areas such as mechanistic interpretability and scalable oversight. The company collaborates with major tech firms like Google and Amazon, securing significant investments to support its mission and influence in the AI landscape.

Industry

research

Employees

4,700

113 engineers

Revenue

$3.8B

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Security at Anthropic

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Security Philosophy

Anthropic's AppSec philosophy centers on 'shifting left' by building security into every phase of the software development lifecycle.
Their mission is to strengthen security posture to protect research and ensure AI development happens safely and responsibly.
They emphasize a multi-stage verification process for security findings and prioritize the security of user code in their products.

Security Team

Anthropic's security leadership is headed by CISO Vitaly Gudanets, with Jason Clinton serving as Deputy CISO.
The Application Security team is structured to integrate security into every phase of the software development lifecycle.
Additionally, the company is expanding its Security Risk & Compliance function, specifically hiring to build a team of 4–6 risk engineers.

Key Initiatives

Anthropic is currently rolling out 'Claude Code Security' in a limited research preview, which scans software codebases for vulnerabilities.
The AppSec team is also responsible for managing the company's vulnerability management program and overseeing the bug bounty program.
They are actively implementing AI-powered security reviews via GitHub Actions.

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