Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · San Francisco, CA
Frontier labonsitestaff$405k–$485k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own backend systems powering user experiences across API, Claude Code and Claude.ai.
- Scale core serving path delivering Claude's intelligence to startups and enterprises.
- Build infrastructure and APIs for deploying agentic apps in production.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Ideal candidate
Experienced, product-minded backend leader who thrives in ambiguity, scopes complex multi-month efforts and aligns product, engineering and research to ship frontier models into reliable global products.
- hiring process
- Team placement occurs after the interview process based on interests, experience and organizational needs.
Lab profile
About Anthropic
AI safety company building reliable, interpretable and steerable frontier AI systems.
What they build
- Claude
- Claude API
- Claude Code
Known for
- AI safety and alignment
- Model interpretability research
- Frontier LLM development
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Backed by Amazon and Google
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