# Software Engineer, RL Data at Anthropic

> Closed role observed by RunReq as of 2026-08-30T19:49:41.752905+00:00.

## Role details

- Company: [Anthropic](http://runreq.com/company/anthropic/index.md)
- Location: San Francisco, CA \| New York City, NY
- Team: AI Research & Engineering
- Compensation: $320K–$485K /YR
- First observed: 2026-06-22T04:37:29.722933+00:00
- Days open: 65
- Employer posting: [View the authoritative posting](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5238606008)

## Shortened description

### Key responsibilities

- Build data collection pipelines, review transcripts, and improve prompts, evals, and graders.
- Develop quality assurance frameworks that detect reward hacking and maintain execution environment quality.
- Build human data interfaces and secure execution environments with sandboxing, snapshotting, and broad tool coverage.
- Support research teams and coordinate with operations, security, compliance, users, and vendors during system rollouts.

### Qualifications needed

- Own major projects from architecture through operations in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Lead projects, plan workstreams, remove blockers, and work across teams.
- Strong software engineering skills in at least one modern programming language, especially Python or TypeScript.
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or experience is required.

## Hiring context

- Open roles on this team: 66
- Newly observed on this team in 30 days: 6
- Company median days open: 44

## Interpretation

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- Human-readable job page: http://runreq.com/jobs/8c9ade6c-b65e-8d21-a2ef-2ca9cf99c509
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