Staff Software Engineer, Account Creation & Safety

Applied Methods Ltd; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 485,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching (optional)

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Anthropic seeks a Staff+/Principal Software Engineer for Safeguards to build monitoring, abuse detection, and safety systems for AI models across a hybrid footprint (SF, NY, Seattle). You will help detect unwanted behavior and prevent misuse while communicating complex concepts to stakeholders.

The role requires a CS degree or equivalent, 8+ years in software engineering, strong Python and Typescript skills, and experience across the stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Python and Typescript.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with safety, abuse detection, or trust & safety is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop monitoring systems to detect unwanted behaviors from API partners and potentially enforce actions.
• Build abuse detection mechanisms and supporting infrastructure.
• Share abuse patterns with research teams to harden models during training.
• Create robust, scalable defenses to improve real-time safety mechanisms.

Skills

Python

Typescript

Cross-stack

Communication

8+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Anthropic seeks a Staff+/Principal Software Engineer for Safeguards to build monitoring, abuse detection, and safety systems for AI models across a hybrid footprint (SF, NY, Seattle). You will help detect unwanted behavior and prevent misuse while communicating complex concepts to stakeholders.

The role requires a CS degree or equivalent, 8+ years in software engineering, strong Python and Typescript skills, and experience across the stack.