Senior Software Engineer: AI Safety & Abuse Detection

Anthropic; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 485,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic in Seattle is seeking software engineers to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for our AI systems. As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well‑being, applying your technical skills to uphold our safety principles while enforcing our terms of service.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in CS or Software Engineering, proficiency in Python and TypeScript, and the ability to work across the stack.

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 and potentially take automated enforcement actions; surface these in internal dashboards to analysts for manual review
• Build abuse detection mechanisms and infrastructure
• Surface abuse patterns to our research teams to harden models at the training stage
• Build robust and reliable multi-layered defenses for real-time improvement of safety mechanisms that work at scale

Skills

Python

Typescript

Across the stack

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Anthropic in Seattle is seeking software engineers to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for our AI systems. As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well‑being, applying your technical skills to uphold our safety principles while enforcing our terms of service.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in CS or Software Engineering, proficiency in Python and TypeScript, and the ability to work across the stack.