Staff Software Engineer Safeguards Data

AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude product family and developer platform.

Series F+Recently funded0 current maintainers0 active leadsTeam intelligence

Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026

San Francisco, United States
About Anthropic

Anthropic PBC develops frontier AI systems and deploys them through Claude products and the Claude Platform, with a stated focus on safety, interpretability, and steerability.

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About the Role

You will build and operate data pipelines, stores, schemas, and interfaces that support safeguards systems. You will maintain high operational standards, enforce data governance and access controls, handle sensitive data carefully, design for cloud portability, and create tooling for analysts, investigators, and researchers.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in Python and SQL
  • Experience building and operating production data pipelines or data stores
  • Ability to work across data ingestion, storage, and consumption
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or experience

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate the Safeguards data platform, including pipelines, warehouses, data stores, schemas, and interfaces
  • Maintain Safeguards systems and reduce manual operational effort
  • Own data governance and integrity, including retention, access control, privacy, lineage, and correctness
  • Design portable systems across cloud providers and customer-managed environments
  • Build internal tooling for analysts, investigators, and researchers

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship efforts
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible working hours