Research Tools Engineer: Build Platforms for Frontier AI

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic Limited in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer for the Research Tools team. You will build infrastructure and full-stack applications that empower researchers to run experiments and extract insights from frontier AI systems.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to understand workflows, identify bottlenecks, and ship solutions that accelerate productively. This role demands strong autonomy in ambiguous environments and a passion for usable tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering with a strong full-stack focus.
• Experience building tools or infrastructure for engineers and researchers.
• Ability to operate with high agency in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-stack applications and infrastructure used to run experiments.
• Collaborate with research teams to translate workflows into technical solutions.
• Design intuitive interfaces and abstractions for complex research tasks.
• Prototype and iterate rapidly based on user feedback.
• Drive architectural decisions for research tooling and mentor engineers.

Skills

Full-stack development

Rapid iteration

Software engineering

Research tooling

Job description

Anthropic Limited in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer for the Research Tools team. You will build infrastructure and full-stack applications that empower researchers to run experiments and extract insights from frontier AI systems.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to understand workflows, identify bottlenecks, and ship solutions that accelerate productively. This role demands strong autonomy in ambiguous environments and a passion for usable tooling.