Job brief: Staff+ Fullstack Software Engineer, Safeguards Engineering

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• Listed on Anthropic's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-05.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $405,000 to $485,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · San Francisco, CA
• Posted: 2026-10-09

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience
• 8+ years of experience in a software engineering position, not including internships or co-ops
• 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: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Conditions

• Location-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.

Main duties

• Design and build the internal review tools analysts use to investigate abuse — dashboards, case queues, and evidence viewers that make high-volume, high-stak…
• Build the interfaces where humans supervise agents: streaming output, interruption and approval flows, and clear provenance for every action an agent takes.
• Surface abuse patterns to our research teams through the visualizations and exploration tools that make emerging patterns legible.
• Own the frontend architecture for tools handling sensitive data at scale — performance under large datasets, correctness under real-time updates, and access …
• You may be a good fit if you have:

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in New York, NY: $217k a year (222 listings, 24 employers). This listing is 105% higher.
• Across Anthropic's 547 open listings, 54% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Anthropic hires

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