Staff Software Engineer, Scalable Search Platform

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is building a scalable search platform team to design and implement core search systems from the ground up, supporting Claude's information access. You will collaborate with senior engineers and researchers to deliver high-quality search capabilities.

The role emphasizes establishing metrics, improving search quality, and optimizing indexing and ranking for performance and accuracy. A Bachelor’s degree and production-ready experience are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building complex distributed systems in production.
• Solid grasp of search fundamentals: indexing, retrieval, ranking.
• Strong coding skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience with high-volume data processing architectures.

Responsibilities

• Work with a small, senior team of engineers and researchers to build Anthropic’s search platform from scratch.
• Establish metrics and tooling to measure and improve search quality.
• Enhance search algorithms and indexing mechanisms to boost search accuracy and efficiency.

Job description

Anthropic is building a scalable search platform team to design and implement core search systems from the ground up, supporting Claude's information access. You will collaborate with senior engineers and researchers to deliver high-quality search capabilities.

The role emphasizes establishing metrics, improving search quality, and optimizing indexing and ranking for performance and accuracy. A Bachelor’s degree and production-ready experience are required.