Staff Software Engineer, Search

Anthropic is building a search platform team to create scalable, efficient search capabilities for Claude. The role involves designing and implementing core search systems from scratch, working with a small senior team, establishing metrics and tooling to measure and improve search quality, and enhancing search algorithms and indexing mechanisms to boost accuracy and efficiency.

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. Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or 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.