Engineering Manager, Safeguards at Anthropic

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow the Review Tooling team that builds investigation, review, and enforcement systems for first-party and third-party platforms.
- Define vision and roadmap for the review tooling platform: analytics, privacy-preserving data access primitives, and a sandbox for rapid UI/workflow iteration.
- Drive automation strategy to scale review workflows, enabling Claude-assisted and Claude-driven review while keeping humans in the loop where needed.
- Partner with policy, operations, legal, privacy, and data science to translate enforcement requirements into reliable systems.
- Ensure tooling remains compatible with privacy commitments and evolving data retention constraints.
- Recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing, inclusive engineering team; create clarity and direction in ambiguous contexts.
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives and align the team with broader technical strategy.

Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and developing engineers.
- Strong technical background in full-stack or platform engineering with the ability to engage in architecture and implementation discussions.
- Experience building or operating investigation, moderation, or enforcement tooling, analytics platforms, or privacy-aware systems.
- Familiarity with automation strategies for human-in-the-loop workflows and integrating LLM-assisted tooling safely.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills and experience working with policy, legal, and operations stakeholders.
- Commitment to inclusive hiring and team development; strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow an engineering team focused on building investigation, review, and enforcement tooling for AI safety. Define the vision and roadmap for the review platform while driving automation strategies to scale human-in-the-loop workflows.

Requirements

Requires extensive experience in software engineering management and a strong technical background in full-stack or platform engineering. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work cross-functionally and possess a deep commitment to AI safety and ethical system design.

Key skills

• Engineering management — in 68 other listings on The Stack
• Full-stack engineering — in 13 other listings on The Stack
• Platform engineering — in 62 other listings on The Stack
• Trust and safety — in 4 other listings on The Stack
• Data governance — in 84 other listings on The Stack
• Privacy-preserving primitives — not in any other listing on The Stack
• LLM integration — in 34 other listings on The Stack
• Human-in-the-loop automation — not in any other listing on The Stack
• Cross-functional leadership
• System architecture
• Operational tooling
• Stakeholder management
• Technical strategy
• Team development
• Enforcement systems

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-03)

• Anthropic has 52 other listings on The Stack, 35 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 209 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 34 visa-sponsored engineering manager jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Anthropic

Is this Engineering Manager, Safeguards role still open?

It was posted on 2026-09-02. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Anthropic's site before applying.

Does Anthropic offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Anthropic's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Engineering management, Full-stack engineering, Platform engineering, Trust and safety, Data governance, Privacy-preserving primitives, LLM integration, Human-in-the-loop automation, Cross-functional leadership, System architecture, Operational tooling, Stakeholder management, Technical strategy, Team development, Enforcement systems.