Data Scientist, Capacity Efficiency

Details

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The Data Scientist, Capacity Efficiency will be an early member of the Data Science and Analytics team and will help ensure computing resources are managed and scaled to meet research and product needs. This role works closely with infrastructure engineers, product, and finance to understand utilization, identify optimization opportunities, and build forecasting and capacity models to support deployment of safe, frontier AI.

Responsibilities

• Analyze infrastructure and utilization data to define key metrics, understand trends, set team goals, provide actionable insights and identify optimization opportunities.
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, research, product, operations, and finance to improve predictability of capacity utilization and optimize allocation of capacity across different users and products.
• Develop models to forecast future capacity needs based on business growth projections and product roadmaps.
• Identify and size opportunities to optimize infrastructure costs and performance, influencing the roadmap through insights and recommendations.
• Build a data-driven culture within the infrastructure team by establishing foundational data best practices and making data more accessible.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in data science roles, specializing in solving infrastructure problems, with a focus on capacity/compute.
• Knowledge of cloud-based billing systems and efficiency optimization.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools.
• Experience developing forecasting and capacity models and turning open questions and data into concise, insightful analysis.
• Highly effective written communication and presentation skills.
• A bias for action, ability to thrive in ambiguity, initiative to create clarity and forward progress, and deep curiosity for hard questions.
• Education: At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Compensation

• Annual salary range: $275,000 - $355,000 USD.

Logistics and Other Details

• Location: San Francisco, CA. Location-based hybrid policy: staff are expected to be in one of Anthropic’s offices at least 25% of the time (some roles may require more time in offices).
• Visa sponsorship: Anthropic does sponsor visas and will make reasonable efforts, retaining an immigration lawyer to help when an offer is made (though sponsorship is not guaranteed for every role/candidate).
• Encouragement to apply even if you do not meet every qualification; Anthropic values diverse perspectives.

About Anthropic / Benefits

• Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco focused on building safe, beneficial AI. The company emphasizes collaborative, high-impact research and values communication skills.
• Benefits mentioned: competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a collaborative office space.

How to Apply

• Follow the application process on Anthropic's careers site and see guidance on candidates' AI usage in the application process (referenced policy link).