Staff Data Platform Engineer, AI Safeguards & Governance

Anthropic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 485,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space for collaboration

Job summary

Anthropic in New York, NY, is seeking a software engineer for the Safeguards team to build data pipelines and governance controls for our AI safety systems. You will deploy across AWS, GCP, and Azure, monitor models, and prevent misuse while upholding safety and transparency.

The role emphasizes data correctness, access controls, and portability, with collaboration across analysts and researchers in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience building and operating data pipelines or data stores in production.
• Ability to work across the data stack: ingestion, storage, consumption.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate the data platform powering Safeguards.
• Keep Safeguards systems running with high operational standards.
• Own data governance, retention, access controls and privacy handling.
• Design portable systems across cloud providers.
• Collaborate with analysts, investigators, and researchers relying on the data.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data stores

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Anthropic in New York, NY, is seeking a software engineer for the Safeguards team to build data pipelines and governance controls for our AI safety systems. You will deploy across AWS, GCP, and Azure, monitor models, and prevent misuse while upholding safety and transparency.

The role emphasizes data correctness, access controls, and portability, with collaboration across analysts and researchers in a fast-growing environment.