Full Stack Engineer, Education Labs

About the Position

We are seeking a Full Stack Engineer for our Education Labs team to join our mission at Anthropic: to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. This role is unique, combining research, product building, and interaction design to help users develop genuine AI skills.

Responsibilities

• Ship features that help users develop real skill with AI-measuring success by capability growth, not time-on-site.
• Architect end-to-end prototypes (front-end and back-end) that test new interaction paradigms, with particular attention to the front-of-the-frontend: motion, polish, and interaction feel.
• Define technical direction for the team-establish patterns others can follow.
• Build relationships across Product, Design, and Research to influence how skill development principles shape Anthropic's broader product strategy.
• Shape team strategy and roadmap-identify the highest-leverage opportunities and build conviction across stakeholders.
• Translate research insights about skill development and human-AI collaboration into shipped product through close collaboration with researchers.
• Document and share your work through clear writing, prototypes, and presentations that influence thinking across the organization.

Requirements

Strong full-stack engineering with design sensibility

• 6+ years building and shipping web products, with deep expertise across the stack.
• Strong front-end craft: TypeScript/JavaScript, React, CSS-with an eye for interaction design, motion, and visual detail.
• Solid back-end and data pipeline experience: Python, API design, analytics infrastructure.
• A portfolio showcasing innovative interaction designs and high-quality implementations.
• Track record of independently driving features from prototype to production.

Deep conviction about human capability

• Strong perspective on how technology should enhance human capabilities rather than diminish them.
• Experience or genuine passion for skill development, HCI, developer tools, or products that help people become more capable.
• Skepticism of purely engagement-driven metrics; interest in measuring capability outcomes.

Research mindset with product execution

• Comfort with ambiguity and exploring undefined problem spaces.
• Ability to rapidly prototype, test with users, and iterate toward production.
• Strong instincts for product design and user experience, even without formal design training.

Strategic leadership and coalition building

• Experience setting vision, shaping team strategy, and building conviction across cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to build productive relationships with Product, Design, Research, and Engineering teams-especially when your team isn't the owner.
• Strong sense of prioritization-knowing what to build now, what to defer, and what to cut.
• Track record of influencing roadmaps and decisions beyond your immediate team.

Nice to Have

• Experience in developer tools, creative tools, learning platforms, or other products where user skill development and mastery matter more than time-on-site.
• Background in learning sciences, cognitive science, HCI, skill acquisition research, or educational psychology (formal or self-directed).
• Experience with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, or analytics that measure capability development in production.
• Previous experience in research labs, frontier tech companies, or startups with high autonomy and ambiguity.
• Published writing, talks, or open-source work on skill development, human-AI interaction, or product philosophy.
• Experience building AI-native product experiences or working with LLMs in production contexts.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $300,000 - $405,000 USD.
• Opportunity to work in one of our offices in San Francisco, New York City, or Seattle.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible working hours.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Optional equity donation matching.

About the Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We are dedicated to creating AI systems that are safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Apply for this Job

If you are passionate about AI and want to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your resume and a cover letter explaining why you want to work at Anthropic and how your skills and experiences align with this role.