Software Engineer, Account Abuse

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience

3-10+ years of experience in a software engineering position, preferably with a focus on integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection.

Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis tools.

Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

The Account Abuse team is tasked with ensuring Anthropic’s computing capacity is allocated fairly, minimizing resources available to bad actors and preventing them from coming back. As a software engineer on this team, you will build systems that gather and analyze signals at scale, balancing tradeoffs and coordinating closely with stakeholder teams throughout the company. The ideal candidate can see things from opponents’ perspectives, understand their means and motives, and anticipate their responses to countermeasures.

Ability to think and respond quickly in a rapidly-changing greenfield environment

Jumping into other teams’ code to identify key points to gather signals or introduce interventions with minimal impact on their systems’ stability, complexity, or overall architecture

Integration with third-party data-enrichment vendors

Creating monitoring dashboards, alerts, and internal admin UX