[P] Data Engineer, Safeguards

Anthropic$320K — $405K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in SQL and Python for ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Experience with cloud data platforms like BigQuery or Snowflake
  • Familiarity with data stack tools such as dbt or Airflow
  • Experience in building dashboards with tools like Looker or Tableau
  • Ability to simplify complex data concepts for various audiences

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain data pipelines for safety and abuse detection
  • Optimize data models and warehousing for large-scale analysis
  • Build dashboards for insights into model behavior and enforcement
  • Integrate data from diverse sources into a unified layer
  • Implement data quality frameworks to ensure data reliability
  • Partner with research teams for data insights on model safety
  • Create self-service data tools for stakeholders to generate reports

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Diverse work environment encouraged
  • Commitment to employee safety and privacy
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative team culture focused on societal impacts of AI
Full Job Description
As a Data Engineer on the Safeguards team, you will build the data foundations that keep our AI systems safe. The Safeguards team works to monitor models, prevent misuse, and ensure user well-being - and doing that well requires robust, reliable data infrastructure. In this role, you will design and build the pipelines, warehousing solutions, and analytical tooling that power our safety and trust efforts at scale. You'll work closely with engineers, data scientists, and policy teams to ensure the Safeguards organization has the data it needs to detect abuse patterns, measure the effectiveness of safety interventions, and make informed decisions about model behavior and enforcement. This is a high-impact role where your work directly supports Anthropic's mission to develop AI that is safe and beneficial. Key responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that support safety monitoring, abuse detection, and enforcement workflows • Develop and optimize data models and warehousing solutions to enable efficient analysis of large-scale usage and safety data • Build and maintain dashboards and reporting infrastructure that give Safeguards teams visibility into model behavior, misuse patterns, and enforcement outcomes • Collaborate with engineers to integrate data from multiple sources - including model outputs, user reports, and automated classifiers - into a unified analytical layer • Implement data quality frameworks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure the reliability of safety-critical data • Partner with research teams to surface data insights that inform model improvements and safety interventions • Develop self-service data tooling that enables stakeholders to explore safety data and generate reports independently • Contribute to data governance practices, including access controls, retention policies, and privacy-compliant data handling Minimum qualifications • Proficiency in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines • Experience with cloud data platforms such as BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, or similar • Experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Airflow, Spark, or similar orchestration and transformation frameworks • Experience building dashboards and data visualizations using tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Metabase • Ability to communicate clearly and translate complex data concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences Preferred qualifications • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a related role • Comfort contributing across the stack and picking up work outside your immediate scope when the situation calls for it • Background in trust and safety, integrity, fraud, or abuse detection data systems • Experience with large-scale event streaming systems such as Kafka, Pub/Sub, or Kinesis • Experience building data infrastructure that supports ML model monitoring or evaluation • Familiarity with data privacy and compliance frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, or similar • Background in statistical analysis or experience working closely with data scientists • A genuine interest in the societal implications of AI and in making AI systems safer The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $320,000-$405,000 USD Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an 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 Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position 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 aren't 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 you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're 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. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from [redacted].com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links-visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

About Anthropic

Anthropic is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on developing AI systems that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy. The company was founded in 2019 by Dr. Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher and winner of the Turing Award. Anthropic's research is focused on developing AI systems that can learn from small amounts of data, reason about complex systems, and interact with humans in a natural way. The company is based in New York City and has a team of experienced AI researchers and engineers.
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