Staff+ Software Engineer (Account Creation)

Company: Anthropic

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

Salary: $320k - $485k per year

Type: Full-time

Posted: 2026-10-10

About this role

  • We are looking for software engineers to help build safety and oversight mechanisms for our AI systems
  • As a software engineer on the Safeguards team, you will work to monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being
  • This role will focus on building systems to detect unwanted model behaviors and prevent disallowed use of models
  • You will apply your technical skills to uphold our principles of safety, transparency, and oversight while enforcing our terms of service and acceptable use policies
  • Develop monitoring systems to detect unwanted behaviors from our API partners and potentially take automated enforcement actions; surface these in internal dashboards to analysts for manual review
  • Build abuse detection mechanisms and infrastructure
  • Surface abuse patterns to our research teams to harden models at the training stage
  • Build robust and reliable multi-layered defenses for real-time improvement of safety mechanisms that work at scale

### Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
  • Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
  • 22 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Flexible paid time off and absence policies
  • Mental health support for you and your dependents
  • Competitive salary and equity packages
  • Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant
  • Retirement plans with competitive matching
  • Life and income protection plans
  • $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend
  • Commuter benefits
  • Annual education stipend
  • Home office stipends
  • Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic
  • Daily meals and snacks in the office- An ability to work across the stack
  • Proficiency in Python and Typescript
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
  • Minimum years of experience: Years of experience requir...

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