Software Engineer, Labs

About the role

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building full-stack applications, with a track record of zero-to-one work in startup or startup-like environments
• Comfort thriving in ambiguity and uncertainty
• Hacker mentality: high agency, bias toward shipping, comfort with technical debt when it's the right tradeoff
• Deeply user-centric mindset with validation habits
• Ability to articulate learnings from failed or killed projects without defensiveness
• Ability to work independently with good judgment
• Strong technical skills across modern web development stacks (React, Node.js, Python, etc.) and comfort with APIs, databases, and cloud technologies
• Ability to communicate effectively and translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive experiences
• Care about societal impacts and ethics of AI

Nice to Have

• Experience building products that involve AI/ML components or working with large language models
• Experience collaborating directly with research teams in AI/ML environments
• Background conducting user research, interviews, and usability testing
• Experience across both B2B and B2C product development, or in multiple industries
• Design sensibility or hands-on experience with UI/UX for AI-powered applications
• Experience with real-time applications, WebSocket implementations, or complex frontend interactions