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Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

New York, NY · full time · Lead / Staff / Principal

$320,000 – $485,000

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What this role is

Join Anthropic's Safeguards team to build detection and enforcement systems that prevent misuse of AI models and protect users. This role suits experienced software engineers who want to apply technical expertise to AI safety, combining backend systems work with opportunities to influence model training and research.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python or Java
  • Ability to work across the stack

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Experience with integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation
  • Experience building trust and safety detection mechanisms for AI/ML systems
  • Experience with prompt engineering, jailbreak attacks, and adversarial inputs
  • Experience building custom internal tooling with operational teams

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