AI Safety & Oversight Engineer

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 485,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is looking for software engineers in San Francisco to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for AI systems. You will monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being by developing systems for detecting unwanted model behaviors.

Candidates are expected to have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering and proficiency in Python and Typescript. The annual compensation range is $320,000 - $485,000.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience.
• Proficiency in Python and Typescript.
• Ability to work across the stack.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop monitoring systems to detect unwanted behaviors from our API partners.
• Build abuse detection mechanisms and infrastructure.
• Surface abuse patterns to research teams for model hardening.
• Build multi-layered defenses for real-time safety mechanism improvements.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Proficiency in Typescript

Strong communication skills

Ability to work across the stack

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Anthropic is looking for software engineers in San Francisco to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for AI systems. You will monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being by developing systems for detecting unwanted model behaviors.

Candidates are expected to have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering and proficiency in Python and Typescript. The annual compensation range is $320,000 - $485,000.