Evan Hubinger
Lead Software Engineer at Anthropic
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorEvan Hubinger is a software engineer and AI-safety researcher in San Francisco, currently leading the Alignment Stress-Testing Team as a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic, where he focuses on red-teaming and safety verification for advanced AI systems. With 11 years of experience across academia and industry, his career spans impactful roles at MIRI, OpenAI, Google, Yelp, and Ripple, blending theoretical analysis with hands-on engineering. He is a notable open-source contributor, including work on XRPLF/rippled, the XRP Ledger C++ backend, and improvements to the VSProject generator for build tooling and cross-platform compiler handling. Evan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College, pairing rigorous formal training with practical software development. His research at MIRI explored AI safety proposals such as AI safety via debate and outer/inner alignment, reflecting a unique ability to translate complex safety concepts into concrete engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
c-language10
build-system10
scons10
c-programming-language10
system-configuration9
configurationmanager9
configurations9
configuration-management9
configurationmanagement9
xrp8
cplusplus7
blockchain4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
XRPLF/rippled
Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
Decentralized cryptocurrency blockchain daemon implementing the XRP Ledger protocol in C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Evan primarily contributed to the VSProject generator, a tool likely used for building project files within the repository. They focused on improving the generator's functionality, specifically by implementing features to handle compiler switches and sorting algorithms. These changes included canonical sorting for various platforms, fixing path separators, and filtering environment switches. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of build processes and configuration management within a C++ project using SCons.
cryptographycppxrpldaemonblockchain
evhub/evhub.github.io
Feb 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:74 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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