Software Engineer, Agent Capabilities - Product Frontiers

Job Description

Anthropic is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Agent Capabilities group within the Product Frontiers team. This role focuses on building foundational systems that enable agentic AI to integrate with real-world data and systems, ensuring the responsible development of these capabilities. The Software Engineer will prototype innovative integrations, create infrastructure for agent deployment and management, and collaborate with the Applied AI field team and customers.

Responsibilities:

• Prototype new integrations with third-party systems.
• Design and implement novel approaches for bringing data and knowledge into AI systems.
• Develop new ways for AI systems to take meaningful action in the real world reliably and safely.
• Partner with the Research organization to leverage new model capabilities.
• Collaborate with the Applied AI field team, customers, and early access partners.
• Work closely with product development teams to transition successful prototypes into core products.
• Ensure seamless integration across systems.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on building integrations, APIs, or data infrastructure.
• Passion for AI agents and eager to tackle cutting-edge challenges in human-machine collaboration.
• Experience building and deploying AI agents or similar automated systems.
• Strong practical coding skills (Python, Typescript, Go) and experience with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing.
• User-centric approach to development.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience across a range of industries and company sizes.

The role offers:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.