Software Engineer, Human Data Interface

Software Engineer, Human Data InterfaceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout AnthropicAnthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.About the RoleAnthropic's Human Data Interfaces team builds the systems that collect data to improve our models. This includes novel interfaces for data vendors, tooling, and front-end and back-end infrastructure that enables researchers to gather high-quality data at scale. As a Software Engineer, you'll own the architecture and execution of our data collection pipelines — designing systems that are both performant at scale and resilient to the rapidly changing needs of our research teams. You'll work closely with researchers, our cross-functional data operations partners, and the crowdworkers and vendors who use these tools day-to-day.Responsibilities:Architect and build data collection pipelines that support rapid iteration, balancing data quality and system maintainabilityThink deeply about the experience of the crowdworkers and vendors using these systems, building interfaces that are clear, efficient, and lead to high-quality dataCollaborate closely with research teams to understand evolving data needs and iterate quickly on collection methodsPartner with our Human Data Operations team to understand the end-to-end data workflow and design interfaces that make their jobs easierPrioritize and juggle multiple workstreams, making trade-off decisions in a fast-moving environment where research priorities can shift quicklyYou May Be a Good Fit If You:Believe that advanced AI systems could have a transformative effect on the world and are interested in helping make sure that transformation goes wellAre a strong full-stack engineer with broad experience across the stackAre very good at building internal tools, including working with users of the tools to understand their needsThrive in fast-moving environments where you need to balance speed of iteration with long-term system healthAre a quick study—this team sits at the intersection of a large number of different complex technical systems that you'll need to understand (at a high level) to be effectiveStrong Candidates May Also Have:Experience building human data labelling interfaces, human-in-the-loop systems, or data collection pipelinesFamiliarity with how preference data and reward models are used in AI model trainingExperience working with researchers who are internal users/customersBackground in building, and improving the user-experience of user-facing applications, particularly those involving complex UI interactions or annotation workflowsStrong instincts around system design — building things that evolve gracefully as requirements changeExperience influencing technical and product direction on a teamThe annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.Annual Salary:$320,000 - $405,000 USDLogisticsMinimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienceRequired field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experienceMinimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the positionLocation-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.How We're DifferentWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.Come Work With Us!Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.