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
Requirements
- Strong full-stack engineering with design sensibility
- 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
- Deep conviction about human capability
- 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
- Research mindset with product execution
- 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
- Strategic leadership and coalition building
- 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
Nice to Have
- Experience in developer tools, creative tools, learning platforms, or other products where user skill development and mastery matter more than time-on-site
- Background in learning sciences, cognitive science, HCI, skill acquisition research, or educational psychology (formal or self-directed)
- Experience with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, or analytics that measure capability development in production
- Previous experience in research labs, frontier tech companies, or startups with high autonomy and ambiguity
- Published writing, talks, or open-source work on skill development, human-AI interaction, or product philosophy
- Experience building AI-native product experiences or working with LLMs in production contexts
Team
Team size: small. Structure: research team
