Staff+ Software Engineer, Consumer

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a Staff+ Software Engineer for a small, zero-to-one team building new consumer AI products that put the capabilities of Claude models in people’s hands. The role is that of a founding engineer: engineers own products end to end, originating product bets, turning vague ideas into lean initial versions, setting technical direction, and shipping products to users. The team moves quickly, tests ideas, and continues developing new products when initial bets do not work. The engineer will help shape products used by millions of people and own the quality of their user experience, including latency, responsiveness, and reliability. The role involves collaborating with privacy, security, legal, design, platform teams, and external partners to bring products to launch, then iterating based on user feedback and internal testing. The position requires experience building consumer-facing products and proficiency in React, Next.js, and TypeScript, along with backend experience in Node.js. The role has a location-based hybrid policy: staff are currently expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time, although some roles may require more. The minimum education requirement is a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a relevant field. The annual salary range is $320,000–$405,000 USD.

Requirements

Experience building consumer-facing products, with a strong emphasis on product quality and user experience.
Experience taking a consumer product from nothing to real users.
Proficiency in React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
Backend experience with Node.js.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
A field of study relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of experience building consumer-facing products, with a strong emphasis on product quality and user experience.
Experience founding a company, being on a founding team, or serving as an early engineer on a new consumer product.
Experience with products involving real-time or streaming interactions, such as chat interfaces or live updates.
Experience optimizing consumer web app performance, including bundle size, rendering, and end-to-end latency.
High agency: ability to choose a product bet and own it without a roadmap.
Relentlessness: persistence when a bet fails, a habit of verifying rather than assuming, and continued curiosity.
Strong product judgment and care for product craft and quality.
High emotional intelligence, including understanding other teams’ constraints and collaborating across teams.
Willingness to take on work outside the job description when needed.

Responsibilities

Originate new consumer AI product bets and own them from the first idea through launch.
Identify gaps between Claude’s capabilities and users’ experiences, and propose what to build, why, and how to test it economically.
Turn vague direction into the leanest viable first version of a product.
Set technical direction for products being built.
Own product quality, including appearance, feel, latency, responsiveness, and reliability.
Partner with privacy, security, legal, design, platform teams, and external partners to find a path to launch.
Iterate quickly based on user feedback and internal testing.
Continue pushing new products toward launch when initial zero-to-one bets do not work.