Staff Software Engineer, Search

About the Role

We're building Anthropic's search platform team to create scalable, efficient search capabilities that power Claude's ability to access and retrieve information. In this role, you'll design and implement core search systems from the ground up.

Responsibilities:

Work with a small, senior team of engineers and researchers to build Anthropic’s search platform from scratch

Establish metrics and tooling to measure and improve search quality

Enhance search algorithms and indexing mechanisms to boost search accuracy and efficiency

You may be a good fit if you:

5+ years building complex distributed systems in production

Solid grasp of search fundamentals: indexing, retrieval, ranking

Strong coding skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages

Hands-on experience with high-volume data processing architectures

The 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:

$1—$2 USD