Software Engineer (Labs)

Company: Anthropic

Location: San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

Salary: $320k - $485k per year

Type: Full-time

Posted: 2026-09-24

About this role

  • At Anthropic, we’re building AI systems that are safe, beneficial, and transformative
  • Our mission is to develop AI that benefits humanity, and we believe the most powerful capabilities emerge when we thoughtfully bridge the gap between research breakthroughs and real-world applications
  • Anthropic Labs serves as our internal accelerator
  • We’re looking for the next breakout hits that bring substantial revenue or transform an industry
  • We operate in close partnership with research and build through fast iteration cycles
  • Past successes include Claude Code and MCP
  • We’re seeking versatile, entrepreneurial engineers to join Labs
  • In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of cutting-edge research and real-world application, rapidly building and testing new experiences, working directly with researchers and users, and generating the insights that shape Anthropic’s product future
  • Rapidly prototype full-stack applications that showcase emerging AI capabilities, shipping early and often to maximize learning
  • Collaborate closely with research teams to understand new model capabilities and translate them into intuitive user experiences
  • Work directly with internal test users and external partners to gather feedback, iterate quickly, and validate (or invalidate) product concepts
  • Design and run structured experiments to test hypotheses, balancing creative exploration with rigorous evaluation
  • Generate documentation and insights to guide successful prototypes toward full product teams
  • Advocate for user experience and product considerations early in the research process
  • Provide feedback to research teams about model effectiveness and where capabilities can be improved
  • Flexibly contribute across Labs initiatives based on organizational priorities and emerging opportunities—context from one project should inform the next

### Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
  • Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot ...

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