Staff Software Engineer, Android

Anthropic; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking seasoned Android engineers to join the Claude mobile team to build apps that harness large language models. You will work with researchers, designers, and product teams to design and implement core components of our mobile products.

You will contribute to backend systems as needed and ship high-impact apps with a focus on reliability, performance, and user experience. This role emphasizes collaboration within a fast-moving, cross-functional environment and a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent field.
• Proven shipping of mobile apps.
• Experience with backend technologies.
• Excellent communication and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement cutting-edge Android applications
• Develop novel solutions leveraging AI technologies
• Optimize performance at all levels of the mobile stack
• Champion best practices in mobile development
• Obsessive attention to detail and app experience
• Contribute to backend systems as needed
• Originate new product bets and own them from idea to launch
• Cut a vague direction down to the leanest real version one

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Android SDK

Android development

Full-stack development

Backend technologies

Mentorship

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About The Role

We're looking for seasoned Android engineers to join our Claude mobile team and help build apps that harness the transformative power of advanced language models. Our mission is to unlock the potential of advanced AI through elegant, user-friendly mobile applications that put unprecedented capabilities at users' fingertips. You will work with a talented team of engineers, researchers, design and Product teams to design and implement key components of our products. Join us in this exciting mission to transform how people engage with technology and unlock new realms of human potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement cutting-edge Android applications
• Develop novel solutions leveraging AI technologies
• Optimize performance at all levels of the mobile stack
• Champion best practices in mobile development
• Obsessive attention to detail and app experience
• Contribute to backend systems as needed
• Originate new product bets and own them from idea to launch
• Cut a vague direction down to the leanest real version one

Minimum Qualifications

• Expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK and the broader Android ecosystem
• Proficiency with the latest mobile platform capabilities and intricacies
• Practical experience with full-stack development and comfort working with backend technologies
• A track record of shipping impactful, high-adoption mobile applications
• Strong communication and mentorship skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoy working closely with cross functional partners and teammates

Preferred Qualifications

• 0-to-1 experience building successful products in early-stage environments
• Experience building applications that utilize modern ML/AI technology
• 3D graphics, visual effects, and audio and video streaming on mobile
• A vision for the future of human-machine interaction and a drive to make that vision a reality

Annual Salary

$320,000—$405,000 USD

Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

Your safety matters to us.

To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

Diversity & Inclusion

Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

How We're Different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long‑term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.