About the role:
At Anthropic, we believe new AI capabilities are best achieved through secure foundations, not in spite of them. As capabilities grow more advanced, it is critical that progress moves forward safely and for the benefit of all society. It is the reason why security sits at the center of our work, and not as an afterthought.
Anthropic Labs is seeking creative and versatile UI Engineers to rapidly prototype and evaluate emerging AI capabilities from our research teams. As part of the Labs team, you will work closely with researchers to validate the feasibility and product potential of cutting-edge AI breakthroughs, build lightweight demos, and generate learnings to inform Anthropic's product roadmap.
About Anthropic Labs:
Anthropic Labs serves as an internal accelerator tasked with bridging the gap between research and product development. Our mandate is to identify paradigm-shifting opportunities from research that could ship as products in a 6-12 month timeframe. We embed with research teams to provide product perspective, build prototypes, and pressure test assumptions. Successful projects will transition to product teams for launch.
Responsibilities:
- Design and execute rapid UI experiments to test hypotheses about emerging AI capabilities
- Build functional prototypes that demonstrate both technical viability and user experience potential
- Craft intuitive interfaces that make AI capabilities accessible and understandable
- Develop and refine UI patterns for effectively interacting with large language models
- Balance creative exploration of novel interfaces with rigorous evaluation of usability
- Generate documentation to streamline hand-off to product teams
- Advocate for user experience considerations early in the research process
- Flexibly contribute to a range of Labs initiatives based on organizational priorities
You may be a good fit if you:
- Have experience designing and running structured experiments to validate UI/UX hypotheses
- Can balance divergent thinking (exploring novel interfaces) with convergent thinking (evaluating usability)
- Have hands-on experience working with modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, CSS)
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and can devise clear testing approaches to reduce uncertainty
- Have strong UI implementation skills and enjoy working on a variety of projects
- Are results-oriented and maintain a user-centric approach to research
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with research teams
- Care about the societal impacts and ethics of your work
- Care about the societal impacts and ethics of your work
Strong candidates may also have experience with:
- Building lightweight UI prototypes and demos
- Working with AI-powered interfaces and interactions
- Designing novel interaction patterns for emerging technologies
- Conducting user research and usability testing
- Implementing accessible and responsive web applications
Candidates need not have:
- 100% of the skills needed to perform the job
- Formal certifications or education credentials
Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
