Staff Software Engineer — Build AI Tools for Science

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco, New York, Seattle (CA, NY, WA); On-site; USD 405,000 - 485,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Equity options

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office in San Francisco

Job summary

Anthropic Limited is seeking a technical leader in San Francisco to drive end-to-end product delivery for AI-powered scientific tools. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers, guiding design decisions and shipping impactful software that enables scientists to advance discovery.

You will work with product, design, and GTM teams to simplify complex workflows and bring Claude-based solutions to researchers in academia and industry.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with 2+ years at a Staff or equivalent technical leadership level
• Background in math, physics, materials science, mechanical or electrical engineering, or another science or engineering field
• Experience building software for scientists or engineers, such as CAD, simulation, electronics design, or scientific computing tools
• Experience as a founder or early engineer at a company building tools for scientists or engineers
• Experience working with research teams to improve domain-specific model capabilities, including evaluation frameworks

Responsibilities

• Build products that unlock scientific discovery
• Partner with product management, design, and go-to-market to make complex workflows, like modeling and simulation, simple to run with Claude
• Work closely with research to make models better at science and engineering
• Spend time with users in academia and industry to decide what to build next
• Own technical design and delivery end to end, shipping product quickly rather than just executing a spec
• Software engineering experience, including owning the technical design and delivery of products
• Experience building AI products, and knowledge of what it takes to turn model capabilities into applications people actually use
• Ability to think holistically about user experience and craft tools that are a pleasure for scientists and engineers to use
• Comfort working directly with technical domain experts and customers, and turning what you learn into product
• Enjoyment of solving hard problems together with researchers, scientists, and other engineers

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

AI product experience

Customer collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

CAD

Simulation tools

Electronics design tools

Scientific computing tools

Job description

Anthropic Limited is seeking a technical leader in San Francisco to drive end-to-end product delivery for AI-powered scientific tools. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers, guiding design decisions and shipping impactful software that enables scientists to advance discovery.

You will work with product, design, and GTM teams to simplify complex workflows and bring Claude-based solutions to researchers in academia and industry.