Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the Role

The Claude Platform serves developers and enterprises at scale. The Developer Experience (DevX) team owns the surfaces those developers touch every day: the Console, the docs platform, and our SDKs and CLI. Our job is to make the Platform easy to adopt and trustworthy enough to build critical applications on, to get new model and API capabilities into developers' hands fast and ergonomically, and to build for both humans and the coding agents that increasingly use our docs and SDKs on their behalf.

The work splits into two workstreams:

• DevX Core: You'll help drive technical direction for the Console and docs platform — the surfaces every developer on the Claude Platform uses — working with product and design from problem definition through launch. The Console is also the front door for tens of internal teams shipping their own features onto it, so you'll set the platform patterns and standards they build against.
• SDKs: You'll own the SDKs across seven languages plus our CLI — the first thing most developers (and most coding agents) touch when they integrate Claude. You'll partner with API teams early so every new platform capability lands in the SDKs as an idiomatic, ergonomic feature on day one, and you'll drive the code generation, testing, and release pipeline that keeps seven languages consistent and shipping fast.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex, developer-facing products across the full stack.
• Drive technical direction for the Console and docs platform, collaborating with product and design from problem definition to launch.
• Set platform patterns and standards for internal teams building features on the Console.
• Own SDKs across seven languages and the CLI, ensuring new platform capabilities are idiomatic and ergonomic from day one.
• Drive code generation, testing, and release pipelines to maintain consistency across multiple languages.
• Establish engineering standards, component architectures, and development best practices.
• Mentor peers and foster their growth.
• Drive cross-team and cross-organizational alignment to ship impactful work.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of practical full-stack engineering experience, with 2+ years at a Staff or equivalent technical leadership level.
• Experience leading the design and delivery of complex, developer-facing products.
• Technical expertise in modern frontend and backend development (e.g., React, TypeScript).
• A product-focused approach to building robust, scalable, and easy-to-use solutions.
• Experience in fast-moving, early-stage environments, ideally building products from 0 to 1.
• Strong mentorship skills and a commitment to the growth of peers.
• Ability to drive organizational alignment across teams and work with influence over authority.
• Experience establishing engineering standards and best practices.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments and can navigate ambiguity to deliver high-quality products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a field relevant to the role.

Pay

Annual Salary: $405,000—$485,000 USD

Schedule

• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. Some roles may require more time in the office.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Collaborative office space in San Francisco.
• Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas and retain an immigration lawyer to assist with the process.

Preference will be given to candidates based in NY or the Bay Area.