Staff+ Software Engineer, Consumer

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

1d•$320,000 - $405,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a founding engineer for a small zero-to-one team building new consumer AI products powered by Claude. Engineers own products end to end: identifying product opportunities, shaping vague ideas into lean first versions, setting technical direction, and shipping products to users. The role calls for someone who enjoys building consumer products from scratch in a fast-paced environment where initial bets may need to be reworked or replaced. The engineer will help close the gap between Claude’s capabilities and user experiences, own product quality and craft, and collaborate with privacy, security, legal, design, platform teams, and external partners. The team iterates quickly using user feedback and internal testing. Anthropic currently expects staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more.

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

Five or more 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 and ability to select and own a product bet without a roadmap.
Persistence when a bet fails, with a tendency to verify rather than assume and to remain curious.
Strong product taste and commitment to product craft and quality.
Unusually high emotional intelligence and ability to collaborate across teams while understanding their constraints.
Willingness to pick up work outside the role’s usual scope.

Responsibilities

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