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AnthropicAnthropicSan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer, Safeguards

Build safety mechanisms for AI systems including monitoring for unwanted behaviors, abuse detection, and enforcement tools. Requires 5+ years software engineering experience, Python/TypeScript proficiency, and preferably trust/safety expertise.

320k – 425k
Hybrid5+ YOESecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities:

  • Develop monitoring systems to detect unwanted behaviors from our API partners and potentially take automated enforcement actions; surface these in internal dashboards to analysts for manual review
  • Build abuse detection mechanisms and infrastructure
  • Surface abuse patterns to our research teams to harden models at the training stage
  • Build robust and reliable multi-layered defenses for real-time improvement of safety mechanisms that work at scale

You may be a good fit if you:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience
  • 5-10+ years of experience in a software engineering position, preferably with a focus on integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection and mitigation
  • Proficiency in Python and Typescript
  • Ability to work across the stack
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Strong candidates may also:

  • Have experience building trust and safety detection mechanisms and intervention for AI/ML systems
  • Have experience with prompt engineering, jailbreak attacks, and other adversarial inputs
  • Have worked closely with operational teams to build custom internal tooling

Annual Salary

$320,000—$425,000 USD

Skills

PythonTypeScriptAbuse DetectionMonitoring SystemsDashboardsAi/Ml SafetyPrompt EngineeringInternal ToolingFraud DetectionSpam Detection
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