Anthropic
Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse
$320K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Feb 24, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of industry software engineering experience (not including internships and co-ops) is listed as a strong-candidate qualification, preferably focused on integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection. Minimum years required correlate with internal job level requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; required field of study is a field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is offered, but not available for every role and candidate; the company says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa if an offer is made.
About the job
Build and operate systems that detect account abuse, allocate computing capacity fairly, and prevent bad actors from returning.
What you'll do
- Gather and analyze abuse signals at scale; integrate third-party data enrichment and build monitoring dashboards, alerts, and internal admin tools.
- Add interventions across teams’ systems while minimizing disruption, and build reliable, layered defenses.
- Investigate account activity and emerging attack patterns, coordinating with data scientists and Policy & Enforcement teams on responses.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable experience.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis tools.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience building trust and safety mechanisms for or using AI/ML systems, such as fraud-detection models or security monitoring tools.
- Experience working with operational teams to build custom internal tooling.
Pay
$320,000 — $485,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL
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