Data Scientist, Policy (AI)

Location: New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; or Washington, DC, with at least 25% of working time in an Anthropic office

Annual salary: $285,000–$380,000 USD

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Partner with product and business teams to produce analyses and data collateral for policy papers and partnership discussions.
• Define metrics that accurately represent Anthropic to legislators, regulators, and the public.
• Own dashboards and data pipelines that keep externally shared figures consistent.
• Use AI tools to aggregate news, policy developments, and public data to track regulatory trends.
• Develop measurement frameworks for policy communications, paid media, and public-affairs campaigns.
• Design policy analyses to support position development and measure implementation impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and experience in a relevant field.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis tools, including work with external and public data sources.
• Experience producing analyses for external audiences such as policy, communications, investor relations, public affairs, or published research.
• Applied causal inference using quasi-experimental methods, including difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, synthetic control, instrumental variables, or matching.
• Ability to translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for audiences with different levels of technical fluency.
• Experience requirements correspond to the internal job level for the position.

Nice to have

• 6+ years of hands-on data science experience.
• Experience supporting policy, government affairs, or regulatory teams with data and analysis.
• Familiarity with investor-relations or financial-disclosure data standards and consistency requirements.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Interest in building safe and beneficial AI systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on high-impact AI research and long-term goals.
• Frequent research discussions and cross-functional collaboration.
• Flexible working hours and office-based collaboration.
• Competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no stated deadline.
• Candidates should follow Anthropic’s guidance on AI usage during the application process.