Staff Software Engineer, Education

Job Overview

Anthropic is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help build the technical foundation for educating customers and enterprises at scale. You will define how millions of people experience learning about AI, including content delivery, assessments, credentialing, and platform evolution.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own Anthropic's enterprise-ready education platform and infrastructure, including authentication, learner data models, content delivery, credentialing, and progress tracking.
• Own the technical vision for delivering AI-driven educational experiences and shape what's possible.
• Build AI-augmented pipelines for content generation, real-time adaptation, assessment delivery, and quality assurance.
• Design platform capabilities that enable new kinds of empowering learning experiences, such as adaptive paths and competency-based progression.
• Interface with Anthropic's security, infrastructure, and data teams to ensure education systems meet organisational standards.
• Build platform abstractions that let non-engineers configure, extend, and experiment with educational experiences.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated ability to take a platform from zero to production at scale.
• Genuine passion for education and opinions about what educational technology should look like in an AI-native world.
• Full-stack engineering skills with particular strength in backend systems, including databases, APIs, authentication, reliability, and infrastructure.
• Experience building and operating platforms that serve many concurrent users reliably.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ownership, translating pedagogical intent into technical architecture.

Nice to Have

• Experience building or significantly contributing to learning platforms, credentialing systems, or educational technology products.
• Background in or exposure to learning science, instructional design, or educational research.
• Experience with SSO/identity, badging standards, or LTI integrations.
• Familiarity with building systems that incorporate LLM capabilities as core infrastructure.

Logistics

• Annual salary: $320,000 - $405,000 USD
• Location: San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY
• Hybrid policy: 25% office time
• Visa sponsorship: Available

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space