Staff Software Engineer, Search (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY; staff are expected to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time

Annual salary: $320,000–$405,000 USD

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems designed to be safe and beneficial.

What you will do

• Build Anthropic’s search platform from scratch with engineers and researchers.
• Design and implement scalable search systems that power Claude’s information access and retrieval capabilities.
• Establish metrics and tooling to measure and improve search quality.
• Enhance search algorithms and indexing mechanisms for greater accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with a small, senior engineering and research team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building complex distributed systems in production.
• Strong understanding of search fundamentals, including indexing, retrieval, and ranking.
• Strong coding skills in Python, Go, Java, or a similar language.
• Hands-on experience with high-volume data-processing architectures.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or professional experience in a relevant field.
• Ability to work from an Anthropic office in San Francisco or New York City at least 25% of the time.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with frequent research discussions.
• Flexible working hours and office-based collaboration.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility.