Staff Software Engineer - AI DevTools & Platform

Anthropic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 625,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation & parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

Anthropic in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer to help build agentic coding tools for developers. You will design and maintain scalable AI-powered development features and collaborate with researchers to improve model capabilities.

Strong expertise in React development, TypeScript, and prompt engineering is required, with a track record across the full stack. The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, experimentation with new tooling, and building robust developer

Qualifications

• 6+ years of work experience in software engineering
• Expertise with React and front-end performance
• Experience with AI tooling or LLMs

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable features and infrastructure for AI-powered development tools
• Engage directly with developers to gather insights and improve user experience
• Collaborate with researchers to improve model capabilities through shared tools and evals
• Stay ahead of AI-assisted coding advances by experimenting with new tools and techniques
• Contribute across the stack—from front-end UI to back-end infrastructure—to develop features and optimize performance
• Explore Python notebooks, VS Code plug-ins, and containerized environments

Skills

React development

TypeScript

JavaScript

Prompt engineering

DevTools experience

Full stack development

Experience with LLMs

Security/compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

VS Code plugins

CLI tools

Container orchestration

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Anthropic in San Francisco seeks a Software Engineer to help build agentic coding tools for developers. You will design and maintain scalable AI-powered development features and collaborate with researchers to improve model capabilities.

Strong expertise in React development, TypeScript, and prompt engineering is required, with a track record across the full stack. The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, experimentation with new tooling, and building robust developer