Staff Software Engineer, Android (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA. Hybrid policy: 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

• Architect and implement Android applications for the Claude mobile team.
• Develop product capabilities that leverage advanced AI and language models.
• Optimize performance across the mobile technology stack.
• Champion mobile development best practices and maintain a high-quality app experience.
• Collaborate with engineering, research, design, and product partners.
• Contribute to backend systems as needed.

Requirements

• Expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, the Android SDK, and the broader Android ecosystem.
• Proficiency with current mobile platform capabilities and intricacies.
• Practical full-stack development experience and comfort with backend technologies.
• Experience shipping impactful, widely adopted mobile applications.
• Strong communication and mentorship skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or professional experience in a relevant field.

Nice to have

• Experience building successful products from 0 to 1 in early-stage environments.
• Experience developing applications that use modern ML or AI technology.
• Experience with 3D graphics, visual effects, or mobile audio and video streaming.
• Vision for the future of human-machine interaction.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across research, engineering, policy, and business functions.
• Flexible working hours and a collaborative office environment.
• Competitive compensation, equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Visa sponsorship is available, with immigration-lawyer support, subject to role and candidate eligibility.
• Frequent research discussions focused on high-impact AI safety and alignment work.