Design Engineer, Education Labs at Anthropic

On-site - San Francisco, CA

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This role is a new kind of part researcher, product builder, and interaction designer at Anthropic’s Education Labs team. The engineer will prototype new ideas, set technical direction, ship production‑quality features to millions of users, and work closely with Product, Design, Research, and Engineering teams to advance human capability with AI.

Requirements

Skills

  • 6+ years building and shipping web products, with deep expertise across the stack
  • Strong front-end craft: TypeScript/JavaScript, React, CSS—with an eye for interaction design, motion, and visual detail
  • Solid back‑end and data pipeline experience: Python, API design, analytics infrastructure
  • A portfolio showcasing innovative interaction designs and high-quality implementations
  • Track record of independently driving features from prototype to production
  • Strong perspective on how technology should enhance human capabilities rather than diminish them
  • Experience or genuine passion for skill development, HCI, developer tools, or products that help people become more capable
  • Skepticism of purely engagement‑driven metrics; interest in measuring capability outcomes
  • Comfort with ambiguity and exploring undefined problem spaces
  • Ability to rapidly prototype, test with users, and iterate toward production
  • Strong instincts for product design and user experience, even without formal design training
  • Experience setting vision, shaping team strategy, and building conviction across cross‑functional stakeholders
  • Ability to build productive relationships with Product, Design, Research, and Engineering teams—especially when your team isn’t the owner
  • Strong sense of prioritization—knowing what to build now, what to defer, and what to cut
  • Track record of influencing roadmaps and decisions beyond your immediate team

Responsibilities

  • Ship features that help users develop real skill with AI—measuring success by capability growth, not time‑on‑site
  • Architect end‑to‑end prototypes (front‑end and back‑end) that test new interaction paradigms, with particular attention to the front‑of‑the‑frontend: motion, polish, and interaction feel
  • Define technical direction for the team—establish patterns others can follow
  • Build relationships across Product, Design, and Research to influence how skill development principles shape Anthropic’s broader product strategy
  • Shape team strategy and roadmap—identify the highest‑leverage opportunities and build conviction across stakeholders
  • Translate research insights about skill development and human‑AI collaboration into shipped product through close collaboration with researchers
  • Document and share your work through clear writing, prototypes, and presentations that influence thinking across the organization

Technologies

TypeScriptJavaScriptReactCSSPythonAPI designanalytics infrastructureLLMs

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