Staff+ Software Engineer (AI Safeguards Data)

Location: New York City, NY; hybrid policy requires staff to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time

Annual salary: $320,000–$485,000 USD

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems with a focus on safety and societal benefit.

What you will do

• Build and operate the Safeguards data platform, including ingestion and processing pipelines, warehouses, data stores, schemas, and interfaces.
• Operate production systems and reduce the manual effort required to maintain them.
• Own data governance and integrity, including retention, access controls, privacy-preserving handling, lineage, and correctness guarantees.
• Design portable systems that run across AWS, GCP, Azure, customer-managed environments, and third-party infrastructure.
• Partner with analysts, investigators, and researchers to build the internal tools their work depends on.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience building and operating production data pipelines or data stores.
• Ability to work across ingestion, storage, and data consumption layers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical tradeoffs to non-specialists.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.
• Ability to work from an Anthropic office at least 25% of the time.

Nice to have

• Extensive software engineering experience with data-intensive systems.
• Experience with integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation.
• Experience building trust and safety mechanisms for AI or machine learning systems.
• Experience with large-scale distributed data infrastructure and multiple cloud providers.
• Experience with data governance in regulated or high-sensitivity domains.
• Experience building custom internal tooling with operational teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on large-scale AI research and trustworthy, steerable systems.
• Frequent research discussions and emphasis on clear communication.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours and office-based collaboration.

Hiring process

• Anthropic provides guidance on candidates’ use of AI during the application process.
• Visa sponsorship is available, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate.