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Anthropic

Software Engineer, Agent SDK - Claude Code

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23 days ago
New York, NY, USA or San Francisco, CA, USA
Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$320k - $485k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the roadmap and technical direction for the Claude Agent SDK (Python and TypeScript).
  • Design clean, intuitive APIs that make it easy to build powerful, reliable agents.
  • Partner closely with internal teams to understand their needs and prioritize accordingly.
  • Engage directly with external developers to understand their usage and challenges.
  • Raise the quality bar on documentation, examples, and overall developer experience.
  • Collaborate with other engineers to expose new model capabilities through SDK abstractions.

Requirements

  • Have strong opinions about what great developer tools look like, grounded in experience.
  • Energized by owning something end-to-end, from API design through documentation to developer adoption.
  • Experience designing and shipping developer-facing SDKs or APIs.
  • Excited about the frontier of agentic AI and its capabilities.
  • Hands-on experience with agentic patterns like tool use and multi-step reasoning.
  • Can operate independently in ambiguous environments.
  • Care about the societal implications of technology.
  • Have 5+ years of software engineering experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Optional equity donation matching.
  • Generous vacation and parental leave.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • A collaborative office space.