Software Engineer, Research Data Platform

Anthropic
San Francisco, New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 320,000 - 405,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Engineers on the Research Data Platform build data-intensive tools and pipelines for Anthropic researchers, embedding with research teams to move data from training runs into queryable storage, and creating APIs, libraries, and interfaces to manage and explore data. The role emphasizes collaborating with researchers, building ML-focused tooling, and leveraging existing data infrastructure to accelerate research.

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Software Engineer, Research Data Platform

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Job Summary

Engineers on the Research Data Platform build data-intensive tools and pipelines for Anthropic researchers, embedding with research teams to move data from training runs into queryable storage, and creating APIs, libraries, and interfaces to manage and explore data. The role emphasizes collaborating with researchers, building ML-focused tooling, and leveraging existing data infrastructure to accelerate research.
Location: San Francisco, New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and operate data pipelines that extract data from research training runs and land it in storage systems that are easy and fast to query.
  • •Work closely with researchers to design and build APIs, libraries, and web interfaces that support data management, exploration, and analysis.
  • •Develop dataset management, data cataloging, and provenance tooling that researchers use in their day-to-day work.
  • •Embed with research teams to understand their workflows, identify high-leverage tooling opportunities, and ship solutions quickly.
  • •Collaborate with adjacent teams to build on existing systems rather than reinventing them.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 320,000 - 405,000 annually
Perks:Paid LeaveParental LeaveRemote WorkOffice Space

Key Requirements

  • •Significant software engineering experience, particularly building data-intensive applications or internal tooling.
  • •Enjoy working directly with users, gathering requirements iteratively, and shipping things that get adopted.
  • •Results-oriented with a bias toward flexibility and impact; ability to adapt and take on extra tasks when needed.
  • •Willingness to learn quickly and pick up new domains, especially machine learning research contexts.
  • •Interest in the societal impacts of AI and working closely with researchers to solve real problems.
Experience:Data engineeringResearch toolingML research
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SparkBigQueryDuckDBParquetAPIsLibrariesWeb interfacesETLData pipelinesPython

Company Brief

Anthropic
Develops large-scale AI systems and safety research to create reliable, steerable, and interpretable AI assistants and models for commercial and research applications.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2021
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