Joblaze summary

In the role of Software Engineer on the Account Abuse team at Anthropic, the individual will focus on developing systems to monitor and analyze account activity, ensuring fair resource allocation and minimizing abuse. Key skills include proficiency in Python and SQL, along with experience in fraud detection and data analysis. This position is suited for candidates with 5-10 years of experience in software engineering, particularly those with a background in integrity and security mechanisms. Anthropic emphasizes collaboration and communication, making it ideal for those who thrive in a team-oriented environment.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Anthropic's careers page November 3, 2026.
Salary band is above the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
Starts above 95% of 102 comparable senior security roles in United States that list Python we track (median $180,000 across 46 companies). See Python salary trends
Python appears in 41.1% of 338 comparable senior security roles in United States; Data Analysis appears in 0.3% of 338 comparable senior security roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse role remote?: It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA.
What's the salary range?: Anthropic lists $320,000–$405,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: 5–10 years of relevant experience for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse role.
Where is the role based?: Anthropic is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Data Analysis, Python, SQL, abuse detection, fraud.
Does Anthropic sponsor work visas for this role?: Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
What seniority level is this role?: Anthropic targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse role at Anthropic.

From the original posting

About Anthropic

About the role

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.

Responsibilities:

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
Working closely with our data scientists to maintain situational awareness of our current usage patterns and trends, and with our Policy & Enforcement team to maximize the impact of their human-review availability
Building robust and reliable multi-layered defenses
Lead root cause analyses and deep-dive investigations into account activity to identify abuse patterns, uncover emerging attack vectors, and inform both immediate enforcement actions and longer-term systemic defenses

You may be a good fit if you have:

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience
Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis tools.
Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Strong candidates may also:

8+ years of industry software engineering experience (not including internships and co-ops), preferably with a focus on integrity, spam, fraud, or abuse detection.
Have experience building trust and safety mechanisms for and using AI/ML systems, such as fraud-detection models or security monitoring tools or the infrastructure to support these systems at scale
Have worked closely with operational teams to build custom internal tooling

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Annual Salary:

$320,000—$485,000 USD

Logistics

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Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse