Anthropic
AI
SeniorStaffSoftwareEngineer
“Senior Staff Software Engineer at Anthropic. Skills: Technical leadership, Mobile app development (iOS preferred), Architectural direction, Consumer-scale mobile app shipping, Cross-functional collaboration. Lead the chat experience on mobile. Own the technical strategy for Claude’s core chat surface on mobile”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver the most compelling way to talk to an AI; Ship an interface that feels fast, polished, and considered; Keep the bar high for software polish and performance
Industry & Context.
Visa sponsorship available, Hybrid work policy (at least 25% in office)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Lead technical direction across teams you didn’t manage, Deeply expert on at least one mobile platform — iOS preferred — including the layers below the framework: rendering, performance, memory, text, Shipped consumer-scale mobile apps and put the systems in place (performance budgets, quality gates, observability) that let a team move fast without breaking things, Work well with product, design, and partner engineering teams
Nice to Have
Experience building AI/LLM-powered or real-time streaming chat interfaces, Depth across both iOS and Android, or native + cross-platform, A track record of seeing a multi-quarter technical strategy through from proposal to outcome
What You'll Do.
Lead the chat experience on mobile
Own the technical strategy for Claude’s core chat surface on mobile
Influence how the chat experience evolves across web and other clients
Build across the org by partnering with teams like Claude Code
Go deep on iOS and Android internals
Raise the bar on craft by working side-by-side with design
Build quality systems to maintain polish and performance
Shape the roadmap by bringing an engineering point of view to product strategy
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with teams like Claude Code, Cowork, and Growth; Work side-by-side with design; Work well with product, design, and partner engineering teams; Collaborative group; Frequent research discussions
Communication Scope
Communication skills
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