Senior+ Software Engineer, Research Tools
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
Posted 16d ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
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AI Research Engineer
About the job
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. Whether you're building human feedback interfaces for model evaluation, creating platforms for experiment orchestration, or developing novel visualization tools for understanding model behavior, your work will directly accelerate our mission to build safe, reliable AI systems. We're looking for someone who can operate with high agency in an ambiguous environment—someone who can be dropped into a research team, quickly develop domain expertise, and independently drive impactful projects from conception to delivery.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain full-stack applications and infrastructure for researcher experiments, feedback collection, and analysis.
- Collaborate with research teams to understand workflows and translate needs into technical solutions.
- Design intuitive interfaces and abstractions for complex research tasks.
- Create reusable platforms and tools to accelerate research application development.
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on solutions based on user feedback.
- Own complete product areas from user needs to implementation and iteration.
- Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions for research tooling.
- Mentor other engineers and establish best practices for research application development.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on full-stack development.
- Proficiency in rapid iteration and shipping solutions.
- Experience building tools, platforms, or infrastructure for technical users.
- High agency and ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments.
- Ability to quickly develop deep understanding of complex technical domains.
- Strong product instincts and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with modern web technologies (React, TypeScript, Python).
- Track record of building successful user-facing applications.
- Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Motivation by Anthropic's mission and societal impacts of AI.