People Partner, Engineering
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · People · listed September 2, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Executive
Experience asked
6+ years
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$255,000 – $310,000 USD
Requirements listed
3
Length
1,539 words
In the posting’s own words
We are looking for an exceptional senior People Partner based in the Seattle or San Francisco Bay Area to support our Product and Core Technology teams, specifically Engineering teams. This role will be a critical member of the People Partner team, working on key HR projects in alignment with our partners across Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, and others while providing excellent coaching and strategic support to senior leaders and managers across technical functions who are building the products and infrastructure that power Anthropic's AI systems. You will help build out HR policies and strategies that meet your clients' unique needs, and act as a trusted leader and guide on a wide range of employee-related topics.
What it asks for · 3
- Have experience operating at a fast-growing Tech company in HR, and fluency with employment law and best practices in North America
- Have worked at a tech company, start-up, or a similarly fast-paced environment
- Have experience partnering with technical organizations and understand the unique dynamics of product and engineering teams
Also a plus
- Have a minimum of 6+ years experience working in HRBP, People Operations, Employee Relations, Recruiting, or other closely related functions
- Have specific experience supporting Product,Engineering, or Infrastructure teams
- Have experience in AI/ML companies or with technical teams building cutting-edge technology products
- Understand technical career ladders, engineering culture, and the unique challenges of scaling technical organizations
- Care deeply when it comes to helping and supporting a diverse set of people at all levels of an organization, excelling in supporting employees and managers to do their best work
- Have proven experience and skill sets in providing confidential, practical support and are trained in topics like conflict resolution
- Have strong working knowledge of human-resource-related best practices and are able to effectively implement these in a culturally appropriate fashion
- Be a pragmatic problem-solver and enjoy developing creative solutions
What the job covers
- Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders across Product and Engineering teams, including senior technical leaders and executives
- Provide support to employees and managers on all human resource-related topics throughout their lifecycle at Anthropic in partnership with other People team experts (e.g. Benefits, Compensation, Performance etc.)
- Work closely with management to create a culture of high performance based on our values and team culture while helping ensure that performance management and employee relations issues are managed appropriately
- Act as a partner and liaison with specialist teams (e.g. Benefits, Compensation, etc.), leadership, and finance, to help Anthropic continue to implement top-tier, scalable programs and policies to attract, retain, and grow outstanding talent at Anthropic
- Work on cross-functional projects with other HRBPs and partners in specialist teams to enable and grow our Ants (e.g. Manager training, etc.)
- Partner with technical leaders on organizational design, team scaling strategies, and talent development initiatives specific to product and engineering organizations
- Support career development frameworks and progression paths unique to technical roles
Tools and skills named
Operations & finance
- Recruiting3×
Ways of working
- Cross-functional2×
- Mentorship
Models & research
- Machine learning2×
Words the posting leans on
- technical15×
- experience12×
- product12×
- engineering11×
- partner9×
- leaders8×
- organizations8×
- people8×
- support8×
- managers7×
- unique7×
- culture6×
- performance6×
- scaling6×
- supporting6×
- building5×
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