Developer and Technical Communications Lead, Anthropic
$285-325k
+ Equity
More information about location
AI safety and research company
Be an early applicant
AI safety and research company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$285-325k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Role
Who you are
- Success in this role requires exceptional writing and judgment, with proven ability to make complex AI concepts accessible to diverse technical audiences
- You should bring extensive experience in crisis management, proactive issue identification, and rapid response coordination
- Deep familiarity with developer forums and social media platforms, combined with expertise in risk assessment and reputation management, is essential
- 10+ years of experience in technical communications, with significant focus on developer relations, infrastructure technology, or security communications
- Demonstrated track record of building authentic developer relationships across multiple channels (social media, newsletters, technical forums) with proven ability to make quick-turnaround decisions on sensitive communications while maintaining high editorial standards
- Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies, development frameworks, and the broader technical ecosystem
- Very strong relationships with technical influencers and media outlets, with proven experience placing stories in developer-focused publications
- Deep understanding of how and where technical communities consume information across digital and real-world channels and communities
- Proven track record of translating complex technical concepts into compelling narratives for diverse technical audiences
- Experience managing security-sensitive communications and coordinating with technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineers, researchers, and technical leaders
- Strong technical writing skills with experience creating developer-focused content
- Track record of building successful technical communications programs in fast-paced environments
- Experience developing and executing developer relations strategies
- Understanding of AI infrastructure, including hardware/chips and computing platforms
- Excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple technical initiatives
- Background in computer science, engineering, or related technical field preferred
- Passion for Anthropic's mission and commitment to responsible AI development
- We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- Anthropic seeks a Technical and Developer Communications Lead to shape our strategy across developer relations, AI infrastructure, research, and technical initiatives
- You'll translate our complex innovations into compelling narratives for technical audiences while advancing our position as a leader in responsible AI development
- Reporting to the Head of Product Communications, you'll work closely with our product and engineering teams to communicate breakthrough developments in AI systems
- This role offers a unique opportunity to shape technical discourse around cutting-edge AI technology
- Develop and execute a comprehensive communications strategy targeting developer communities, engineers and ML/AI practitioners, AI infrastructure specialists, researchers, and security professionals
- Work closely with the developer relations team, creating compelling narratives around Anthropic's API, tools, and technical capabilities
- Influence communications strategy for AI hardware, translating complex technical achievements into accessible stories
- Manage public-facing issues and sensitive situations to mitigate potential risks
- Coordinate rapid response issue management and crisis management. Identify potential issues before they become crises and develop early warning systems
- Develop a proactive product security communications narrative, including trust and data, vulnerability disclosures, security features, and best practices
- Build and maintain relationships across community forums like Reddit and Hacker News, technical journalists, developer-focused media, and influential voices in the AI/ML community
- Create technical content including blog posts, speaking proposals, messaging, etc
- Tailor the technical spokesperson bench for media engagements, speaking opportunities, and developer events
- Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Research teams to identify and develop compelling technical stories
Application process
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Our take
Funded by Google and founded by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic is an AI company focused on building a reliable, innovative AI system. While the company is relatively new to the market it has already launched a highly anticipated AI chat assistant called Claude which is set to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Similar to other chatbots, Claude is accessible through a chat interface and can provide a number of conversation and text-processing tasks. A key point of differentiation is that Claude is designed to produce less harmful outputs than that of the other chatbots that came before it.
While there is much praise for the chat assistant, there is still room for improvement with feedback reporting that Claude is worse at maths and grammar compared to its rival. However, with industry giants like Google backing this company from an early stage, it is clear Anthropic has the potential to become a leading player within the AI industry.
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190% employee growth in 12 months
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jan 2025
$1bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2024
$4bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $12.8bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
- Generous subsidy for OneMedical
- 21 weeks of paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO
- Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant
- 401(k) plan with 4% matching
- $500/month flexible wellness stipend
- Commuter coverage
- Annual education stipend
- A home office improvement stipend when you first join
- Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area
Company values
- Here for the mission: We pursue our mission by building frontier systems, studying their behaviors, working to responsibly deploy them, and regularly sharing our safety insights. We collaborate with other projects and stakeholders seeking a similar outcome.
- Unusually high trust: We assume good faith, disagree kindly, and prioritize honesty. We expect emotional maturity and intellectual openness. At its best, our trust enables us to make better decisions as an organization than any one of us could as individuals.
- Do the simple thing that works: We celebrate trying the simple thing before the clever, novel thing. We embrace pragmatism - sensible, practical approaches that acknowledge tradeoffs. We love empiricism - finding out what actually works by trying it - and apply this to our research, our engineering and our collaboration. We aim to be open about what we understand and what we don’t.
- One big team: Collaboration is central to our work, culture, and value proposition. While we have many teams at Anthropic, we feel the broader sense in which we are all on the same team working together towards the mission.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Dario Amodei
(CEO & Co-Founder)Spent almost 5 years at OpenAI as a Team Lead for AI safety and as the Vice President of Research. Also worked as a Research Scientist at Google.
Jared Kaplan
(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)Has been a Professor at John Hopkins University for the past 10 years. Also an experienced researcher having worked previously at OpenAI and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jack Clark
(Co-Founder)Experienced reporter having worked previously at the Register and Bloomberg. Also worked for OpenAI in Strategy and Communications and as a Policy Director.
Sam McCandlish
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. Previously worked as a Research Lead at OpenAI.
Tom Brown
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff for both OpenAI and Google Brain.
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