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 ...