Technical Cyber Threat Investigator

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Cyber Threat Investigator to join our Threat Intelligence team at Anthropic. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in detecting, investigating, and disrupting the misuse of our AI systems for malicious cyber operations. WHAT YOU'LL DO In this role, you will work at the intersection of AI safety and cybersecurity, conducting thorough investigations into potential misuse cases, developing novel detection techniques, and building robust defenses against emerging cyber threats in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-enabled risks. Your work will directly protect the broader ecosystem from sophisticated threat actors who seek to leverage AI technology for harm. Responsibilities will include: - Detecting and investigating attempts to misuse Anthropic's AI systems for cyber operations, including influence operations, malware development, social engineering, and other adversarial activities - Developing abuse signals and tracking strategies to proactively detect sophisticated threat actors across our platform - Creating actionable intelligence reports on new attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and threat actor TTPs targeting LLM systems - Conducting cross-platform threat analysis grounded in real threat actor behavior, using open-source research, dark web monitoring, and internal data - Utilizing investigation findings to implement systematic improvements to our safety approach and mitigate harm at scale - Studying trends internally and in the broader ecosystem to anticipate how AI systems could be misused, generating and publishing reports - Building and maintaining relationships with external threat intelligence partners, information sharing communities, and government stakeholders - Working cross-functionally to build out our threat intelligence program, establishing processes, tools, and best practices WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis and threat detection - Experience with large language models and understanding of how AI technology could be misused for cyber threats - Subject matter expertise in abusive user behavior detection, such as influence operations, coordinated inauthentic behavior, or cyber threat intelligence - Experience tracking threat actors across surface, deep, and dark web environments - Ability to derive insights from large datasets to make key decisions and recommendations - Experience with threat actor profiling and utilizing threat intelligence frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, etc.) - Strong project management skills and ability to build processes from the ground up - Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present to leadership WHY REMOTE As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere, while still being part of a collaborative and dynamic team. Anthropic is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment, regardless of location. BENEFITS The annual compensation range for this role is $230,000 - $290,000 USD. We also offer a minimum education requirement of a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience, and a location-based hybrid policy that requires employees to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. We do sponsor visas for eligible candidates.