Staff Software Engineer – People Products

Anthropic

Staff Software Engineer at Anthropic developing and implementing AI-native workflows for HR processes. Collaborating closely with HR teams and making independent architecture decisions.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $320,000 - $405,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build full-stack end-to-end across the People Products portfolio.
Design and implement AI-native workflows: build tools, evals, prompts, and products.
Work directly with internal stakeholders — HR teams, recruiters, managers — to understand problems, gather feedback, and iterate quickly.
Make product and architecture decisions independently in a low-structure environment.
Contribute ideas for how the team works, what it builds, and where applied AI can have the most leverage in people workflows.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or prior experience building Claude or LLM integrations in production
Background at an AI-native company or in a product-focused 0->1 engineering environment
Experience with HR tech platforms such as Greenhouse, Workday, or Rippling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and benefits
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation
Parental leave
Flexible working hours
Lovely office space

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack developmentAI-native workflowsMCP (Model Context Protocol)Claude integrationsLLM integrationsproduct architectureHR tech platforms

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementfeedback gatheringiterative developmentindependent decision-makingteam collaboration