# Founding Design Engineer, AI Capability Development, Education Labs

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $300k – $405k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, JavaScript, React, CSS, Python, API Design, Analytics Infrastructure, Interaction Design, Prototyping, A/B Testing
**Posted:** 2026-02-12

> Builds AI skill development features as founding engineer in Education Labs, shipping end-to-end prototypes and defining technical direction. Requires 6+ years full-stack experience with React, TypeScript, Python, and strong design sensibility.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities:
- Ship features that help users develop real skill with AI—measuring success by capability growth, not time-on-site
- Architect end-to-end prototypes (front-end and back-end) that test new interaction paradigms, with particular attention to the front-of-the-frontend: motion, polish, and interaction feel
- Define technical direction for the team—establish patterns others can follow
- Build relationships across Product, Design, and Research to influence how skill development principles shape Anthropic's broader product strategy
- Shape team strategy and roadmap—identify the highest-leverage opportunities and build conviction across stakeholders
- Translate research insights about skill development and human-AI collaboration into shipped product through close collaboration with researchers
- Document and share your work through clear writing, prototypes, and presentations that influence thinking across the organization

## You may be a good fit if you have:

**Strong full-stack engineering with design sensibility**
- 6+ years building and shipping web products, with deep expertise across the stack
- Strong front-end craft: TypeScript/JavaScript, React, CSS—with an eye for interaction design, motion, and visual detail
- Solid back-end and data pipeline experience: Python, API design, analytics infrastructure
- A portfolio showcasing innovative interaction designs and high-quality implementations
- Track record of independently driving features from prototype to production

**Deep conviction about human capability**
- Strong perspective on how technology should enhance human capabilities rather than diminish them
- Experience or genuine passion for skill development, HCI, developer tools, or products that help people become more capable
- Skepticism of purely engagement-driven metrics; interest in measuring capability outcomes

**Research mindset with product execution**
- Comfort with ambiguity and exploring undefined problem spaces
- Ability to rapidly prototype, test with users, and iterate toward production
- Strong instincts for product design and user experience, even without formal design training

**Strategic leadership and coalition building**
- Experience setting vision, shaping team strategy, and building conviction across cross-functional stakeholders
- Ability to build productive relationships with Product, Design, Research, and Engineering teams—especially when your team isn't the owner
- Strong sense of prioritization—knowing what to build now, what to defer, and what to cut
- Track record of influencing roadmaps and decisions beyond your immediate team

## Strong candidates may also have:
- Experience in developer tools, creative tools, learning platforms, or other products where user skill development and mastery matter more than time-on-site
- Background in learning sciences, cognitive science, HCI, skill acquisition research, or educational psychology (formal or self-directed)
- Experience with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, or analytics that measure capability development in production
- Previous experience in research labs, frontier tech companies, or startups with high autonomy and ambiguity
- Published writing, talks, or open-source work on skill development, human-AI interaction, or product philosophy
- Experience building AI-native product experiences or working with LLMs in production contexts

**Annual Salary:** $300,000 — $405,000 USD

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