Director of UI Engineering, Claude Consumer Products

About Anthropic

Anthropics mission is to create reliable interpretable and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers engineers policy experts and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

Anthropic is seeking a Director of UI Engineering to lead the teams responsible for building all consumer-facing Claude experiencesincluding web mobile desktop and browser this role youll shape how millions of users interact with Claude daily driving the technical vision and execution for interfaces that are intuitive responsive and push the boundaries of what AI-powered applications can be.

This is a highly technical leadership role. While youll be responsible for building and guiding engineering teams youll remain deeply hands-on steering architectural decisions and staying close to the work. Youll partner closely with Product Design Research and Go-to-Market teams to not only build whats on the roadmap but to anticipate where the product needs to go next. Were looking for someone who can see around corners and help us skate to where the puck is going.

Were building at an extraordinary pace in a rapidly evolving space. You should thrive in environments where priorities shift quickly where youre expected to ship fast without sacrificing quality and where the problems youre solving dont have established playbooks.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow the UI engineering teams responsible for Claudes consumer products across web mobile (iOS/Android) desktop and browser extensions
• Define the technical vision and architecture for our frontend systems ensuring they scale with our rapidly growing user base
• Stay deeply technicalparticipate in design reviews and architectural decisions while maintaining a broad view of the product
• Partner closely with Product and Design to shape product direction bringing an informed point of view on what we should build and how users will experience it
• Drive engineering excellence through best practices in performance accessibility and cross-platform consistency
• Build and mentor a world-class team of frontend engineers creating an environment where people do the best work of their careers
• Collaborate across functionsincluding Research Trust & Safety and Go-to-Marketto ensure our products meet the needs of users and the business
• Navigate ambiguity and make sound decisions quickly in a fast-moving environment

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 10 years of experience building consumer-facing web and mobile applications at scale with several years in engineering leadership roles
• Have led teams that shipped products used by millions of users with a track record of delivering high-quality responsive and accessible interfaces
• Remain deeply technical despite your leadership responsibilitiesyou can dive into the code debug complex issues and make informed architectural tradeoffs
• Have strong opinions on product and design developed through years of building consumer experiences and can advocate effectively for the user
• Excel at cross-functional partnership and can build trust quickly with Product Design Research and other stakeholders
• Thrive in fast-paced ambiguous environments and can balance speed with quality
• Are excited by the challenge of building interfaces for AI-powered products where the interaction paradigms are still being invented
• Care deeply about craftyou notice the details that make an experience feel polished and intuitive

Strong candidates may also have:

• Experience building products across multiple platforms (web iOS Android desktop browser extensions) and understanding the unique constraints of each
• Background in building real-time interactive applications where latency and performance are critical
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks and architectures (React React Native TypeScript etc.)
• Familiarity with AI/ML-powered products and the unique UX challenges they present
• A track record of building and scaling engineering teams through periods of rapid growth
• Experience establishing frontend platform capabilities that enable faster iteration across multiple product surfaces

Deadline to apply

None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

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.

Visa sponsorship:We do sponsor visas! However we arent able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if youre interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones were building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

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How were different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact advancing our long-term goals of steerable trustworthy AI rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. Were an extremely collaborative group and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic including: GPT-3 Circuit-Based Interpretability Multimodal Neurons Scaling Laws AI & Compute Concrete Problems in AI Safety and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits optional equity donation matching generous vacation and parental leave flexible working hours and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates AI Usage:Learn aboutour policyfor using AI in our application process