Staff+ Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking software engineers to build safety and oversight mechanisms for our AI systems. As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will monitor models, prevent misuse, and help ensure user well-being.

This role emphasizes distributed and scalable systems to detect unwanted model behaviors and prevent disallowed use, upholding safety, transparency, and policy enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Monitor models for safety and misuse indicators.
• Help design and build distributed, scalable systems for detection of unwanted model behaviors.
• Enforce safety principles, transparency, and terms of service in product development.

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 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 are looking for software engineers to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for our AI systems. As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will work to monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being. This role will focus on building distributed and scalable systems to detect unwanted model behaviors and prevent disallowed use of models. You will apply your technical skills to uphold our principles of safety, transparency, and oversight while enforcing our terms of service and acceptable use policies.