Software Engineer, Research Tools

About the Position

We are looking for a Software Engineer, Research Tools to join our team at Anthropic. This role is pivotal in building the infrastructure and applications that enable our researchers to iterate quickly, run complex experiments, and extract insights from frontier AI systems.

About the Role

Anthropic's research teams are pushing the boundaries of AI safety and capability research, and they need exceptional tools to do their best work. As a Software Engineer on the Research Tools team, you'll build the infrastructure and applications that enable our researchers to iterate quickly, run complex experiments, and extract insights from frontier AI systems.

This role sits at the intersection of product thinking and full-stack engineering. You'll work directly with researchers and engineers to deeply understand their workflows, identify bottlenecks, and rapidly ship solutions that multiply their productivity.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-stack applications and infrastructure that researchers use daily to conduct experiments, collect feedback, and analyze results.
• Partner closely with research teams to understand their workflows, pain points, and requirements, translating these into technical solutions.
• Design intuitive interfaces and abstractions that make complex research tasks accessible and efficient.
• Create reusable platforms and tools that accelerate the development of new research applications.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on solutions, gathering feedback from users and refining based on real-world usage.
• Take ownership of complete product areas, from understanding user needs through design, implementation, and ongoing iteration.
• Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions for research tooling.
• Mentor other engineers and help establish best practices for research application development.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on full-stack development.
• Excel at rapid iteration and shipping-you can move from concept to working prototype quickly.
• Have experience building tools, platforms, or infrastructure for technical users (engineers, researchers, data scientists, analysts, etc.).
• Demonstrate high agency and ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments.
• Can quickly develop deep understanding of complex technical domains.
• Have strong product instincts and can identify the right problems to solve.
• Are proficient with modern web technologies (React, TypeScript, Python, etc.).
• Have a track record of building user-facing applications that are actually used and loved by their target audience.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Care about the societal impacts of your work and are motivated by Anthropic's mission.

We Offer

• Competitive salary: $300,000 - $405,000 USD annually.
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

About the Company

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be 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.

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

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