Anthropic

Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude Science

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA

Posted 13 days ago

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This role has been open
13 days
Anthropic's roles stay open a median of 40 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Anthropic's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Anthropic
high
276 stale, 19 reposted of 603 open
Hiring momentum
795 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

In this role, you will serve as a technical leader for Claude Science, an AI workbench designed to streamline scientific research. Your responsibilities include shaping product direction, collaborating with scientists to translate their needs into engineering priorities, and working with research teams to enhance model capabilities. You will also drive cross-team alignment to ensure impactful product delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 2+ years at a Staff or equivalent technical leadership level
  • Experience building products from 0 to 1 in fast-moving environments
  • Experience building AI products
  • Ability to work directly with technical domain experts
  • Drive cross-team alignment to ship impactful work

Nice to have

  • Background in chemistry, biology, physics, or another science
  • Experience working with research teams to improve domain-specific model capabilities, including evaluation frameworks

What you get

  • Annual Salary: $405,000 — $485,000 USD
  • Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack used
  • Role involves building in a category that is not yet defined, which may involve ambiguity
  • The position requires interfacing with scientists, which may require strong communication skills

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Listed by Anthropic on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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