Engineering Manager, Labs

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.</p></div><h2><strong>Engineering Manager, Labs</strong></h2><h3><strong>About the role</strong></h3><p>At Anthropic, we're building AI systems that are safe, beneficial, and transformative. Our mission is to develop AI that benefits humanity, and we believe the most powerful capabilities emerge when we thoughtfully bridge the gap between research breakthroughs and real-world applications.</p><p>Anthropic Labs serves as our internal accelerator. We're looking for the next breakout hits that bring substantial revenue or transform an industry. We operate in close partnership with research and build through fast iteration cycles. Past successes include Claude Code and MCP.</p><p>We're seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow our team of software engineers working on early-stage AI capabilities. You'll create an environment where engineers can thrive in the inherently uncertain world of zero-to-one development while maintaining clear direction and psychological safety for the team. Success in this role requires exceptional people leadership, the ability to facilitate rapid learning cycles, and skill in helping teams navigate the natural ups and downs of early-stage exploration.</p><p>You'll partner closely with designers, product managers, and research teams to transform emerging AI capabilities into potential products—and you'll need to be as comfortable shutting down projects that aren't working as you are championing the ones that are.</p><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li><p>Lead and coach a high-performing team of software engineers through the complexities