Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Infrastructure

• Build the foundational pieces behind the safety, oversight, and intervention mechanisms of Anthropic's AI systems. • Work on the Safeguards team to monitor models, prevent misuse, and protect user well-being. • Focus on systems that detect unwanted model behaviours and prevent disallowed use of models. • Apply your technical skills to uphold Anthropic's principles of safety, transparency, and oversight.

• Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or comparable professional experience. • Be proficient in Python. • Work across the stack. • Communicate clearly and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Bring 7+ years of experience in a software engineering position. • Have built trust and safety, anti-spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation mechanisms for AI/ML systems. • Have built metrics and measurement systems, or data and privacy management systems. • Have worked closely with operational teams to build custom internal tooling. • Be proficient in TypeScript or Rust. • Have experience with Claude Code or similar agentic coding tools.

• Develop the foundational systems which power Safeguards, including infrastructure for data storage and management, metric and evaluation systems, and tooling for human and agentic review. • Keep Safeguards systems running day to day and hold a high operational bar that serves both safety and customers. • Reduce the amount of human intervention and oversight the systems require. • Build robust, reliable, multi-layered defences that improve safety mechanisms in real time and work at scale.

• Receive an annual salary of £325k–£395k GBP. • Work from the London office with a hybrid policy requiring at least 25% office time. • Receive visa sponsorship with every reasonable effort made and an immigration lawyer retained to help. • Receive competitive compensation and benefits with optional equity donation matching. • Receive generous vacation and parental leave. • Enjoy flexible working hours. • Apply at any time, as applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with no deadline.

Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for users and society. The company is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London.