Anthropic

Staff Software Engineer, Labs: Applied AI

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2 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$320k - $405k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Rapidly prototype and ship full-stack applications that apply frontier AI to non-software-first workflows
  • Learn unfamiliar industries and encode user workflows into products, evaluations, and operational processes
  • Collaborate with research teams to translate model capabilities into tools for non-technical professionals
  • Work with internal teams and external partners to gather feedback and validate product concepts
  • Design and run structured experiments to test product hypotheses
  • Document prototypes, findings, and insights for future product teams
  • Provide research teams with feedback on model effectiveness and capability gaps in real-world settings
  • Contribute flexibly across Labs initiatives as priorities and opportunities change

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building full-stack applications
  • Track record of zero-to-one work in startup or startup-like environments
  • Ability to translate unfamiliar, messy real-world workflows into simple software
  • Strong user-centric approach with experience validating ideas through user feedback
  • Ability to work independently and make sound judgments in ambiguous environments
  • Effective communication skills, including explaining complex AI capabilities to non-technical audiences
  • Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
  • Preferred experience building products for non-technology industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, construction, energy, agriculture, financial services, education, or the public sector
  • Preferred experience with embedded or field-based discovery, industry systems, AI/ML or large language model applications, and collaboration with AI research teams

Benefits

  • Hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time
  • Visa sponsorship with immigration lawyer support
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Collaborative office space
Anthropic

About Anthropic

501-1,000 employees

We're an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.