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Software Engineer, Human Data Interface
full-time
mid
About this role
About Anthropic
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
Anthropic's Human Data Interfaces team builds the systems that collect data to improve our models. This includes novel interfaces for data vendors, tooling, and front-end and back-end infrastructure that enables researchers to gather high-quality data at scale. As a Software Engineer, you'll own the architecture and execution of our data collection pipelines — designing systems that are both performant at scale and resilient to the rapidly changing needs of our research teams. You'll work closely with researchers, our cross-functional data operations partners, and the crowdworkers and vendors who use these tools day-to-day.
Responsibilities:
Architect and build data collection pipelines that support rapid iteration, balancing data quality and system maintainability
Think deeply about the experience of the crowdworkers and vendors using these systems, building interfaces that are clear, efficient, and lead to high-quality data
Collaborate closely with research teams to understand evolving data needs and iterate quickly on collection methods
Partner with our Human Data Operations team to understand the end-to-end data workflow and design interfaces that make their jobs easier
Prioritize and juggle multiple workstreams, making trade-off decisions in a fast-moving environment where research priorities can shift quickly
You May Be a Good Fit If You:
Believe that advanced AI systems could have a transformative effect on the world and are interested in helping make sure that transformation goes well
Are a strong full-stack engineer with broad experience across the stack
Are very good at building internal tools, including working with users of the tools to understand their needs
Thrive in fast-moving environments where you need to balance speed of iteration with long-term system health
Are a quick study—this team sits at the intersection of a large number of different complex technical systems that you'll need to understand (at a high level) to be effective
Strong Candidates May Also Have:
Experience building human data labelling interfaces, human-in-the-loop systems, or data collection pipelines
Familiarity with how preference data and reward models are used in AI model training
Experience working with researchers who are internal users/customers
Background in building, and improving the user-experience of user-facing applications, particularly those involving complex UI interactions or annotation workflows
Strong instincts around system design — building things that evolve gracefully as requirements change
Experience influencing technical and product direction on a team
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
Annual Salary:
$320,000 — $405,000 USD
Logistics
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic