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Staff Software Engineer, Claude Design

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

New York, NY · full time · Staff

$320,000 – $485,000

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role builds the frontend and core interaction layer for Claude Design, Anthropic's AI-powered visual collaboration tool. You'll own the canvas, real-time editing, and design experiences that make AI-generated design intuitive and craft-focused, working closely with researchers and users to shape a product from its early stages.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 8+ years building full-stack applications with strong frontend expertise
  • Track record of zero-to-one work in startup environments
  • Technical leadership and mentoring experience while remaining hands-on
  • High design sensibility and attention to interaction detail and polish
  • Modern web stack proficiency including complex client-side state and performance
  • Ability to work in fast-moving environments with shifting priorities
  • User-centric approach validated through actual user feedback
  • Strong communication and ability to translate AI capabilities into intuitive experiences

Nice to have

  • Extensive experience with visual collaboration tools (Figma, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud)
  • UI/UX experience for AI-powered applications with close designer collaboration
  • User research, interviews, and usability testing background
  • Deep frontend expertise in canvas rendering, complex editors, or design-system tooling
  • Experience with real-time collaborative applications or high-performance frontend interactions

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