Staff Software Engineer, Growth

Menlo Ventures; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic in San Francisco is seeking growth engineers to join our growth team. This pivotal role will drive user acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization through data-driven strategies and technical implementations.

You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, marketers, and product managers to design, implement, and optimize growth initiatives that scale our AI-powered tools and maximize their impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in user growth or revenue-focused roles.
• Full-stack development experience (Web/React + backend) and data analysis.
• Data-driven approach to identifying growth opportunities and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement growth solutions to support user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue growth.
• Design and execute A/B tests and experiments to optimise onboarding, feature adoption, and subscription conversion.
• Collaborate with product and marketing teams to translate growth opportunities into technical requirements.

Skills

Full‑stack development

Data analysis

Experimentation frameworks

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

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 are looking for growth engineers to join our growth team. This key role will help drive user acquisition, engagement, retention, and monetization through data‑driven strategies and technical implementations. At Anthropic, we’re not just building AI tools; we’re reimagining how AI can enhance and expand its user base! As a member of the growth team, you will have a unique opportunity to shape our growth strategy. You will work with a cross‑functional team of engineers, data scientists, marketers, and product managers to design, implement, and optimise growth initiatives that scale our AI‑powered tools and maximise their impact.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement technical solutions to support user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue growth
• Design and execute A/B tests and experiments to optimise user onboarding, feature adoption, subscription conversion, and overall product experience
• Collaborate with product and marketing teams to identify growth opportunities and translate them into technical requirements

Minimum qualifications

• Experience working on user growth (acquisition, activation, retention, monetisation) or in a revenue‑focused organisation such as ads
• Experience full‑stack development (web/React and backend), and experience with data analysis and experimentation frameworks
• Take a data‑driven approach to problem‑solving, with a keen eye for identifying patterns and opportunities in user behaviour and metrics
• Passion for the potential of AI to reach and benefit a wide audience, and eagerness to tackle challenges in scaling AI products
• Thrives in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment and enjoys working closely with cross‑functional partners and teammates

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Have ideas for experiments to run to drive user growth or monetisation
• Able to dive into data and identify opportunities
• Possess a vision for the future of AI product growth and a drive to make that vision a reality

Annual Compensation

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.

Benefits

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.