Staff Software Engineer - AI DevTools & Platform

Anthropic

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 320,000 - 625,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

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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