# Staff Software Engineer, Claude Code

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $320k – $625k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, cli tools, vs code, bun, deno, container orchestration, Cloud Infrastructure, react hooks, react suspense, python notebooks
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Build AI-powered coding tools for developers, contributing across front-end and back-end systems while collaborating with researchers and users. The role requires expert React skills, full-stack capability, LLM and prompt-engineering experience, and 6+ years of professional experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable features and infrastructure for AI-powered development tools.
- Engage directly with developers inside and outside Anthropic to gather insights and improve user experience.
- Collaborate with researchers to improve model capabilities through shared tools and evaluations.
- Experiment with new AI-assisted coding tools, evaluate emerging techniques, and track enhancements.
- Contribute across the stack, from front-end UI to back-end infrastructure, to develop features, fix bugs, and optimize performance.
- Work in areas such as Python notebooks, VS Code plug-ins, and containerized environments.

## Requirements
- Passion for AI-assisted coding and developer productivity tools.
- Experience building and maintaining developer tools.
- Expert React development skills, including performance optimization, modern patterns such as hooks, context, and suspense, and component architecture.
- User experience engineering expertise with full-stack development capability.
- Hands-on experience with large language models and prompt engineering.
- Experience with stringent safety, security, or compliance requirements.
- 6+ years of work experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

## Nice-to-haves
- Building and maintaining CLI tools.
- Working in large codebases and quickly learning unfamiliar development environments.
- Container orchestration and cloud infrastructure.
- Scaling TypeScript projects.
- Working with alternative JavaScript runtimes such as Bun and Deno.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary: **$320,000–$625,000 USD**.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- Collaborative office environment.

## Work Arrangement
- Staff are expected to work from one of the company's offices at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more office time.
- Visa sponsorship may be available depending on the role and candidate.

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