Data Scientist, Claude Code

Details

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As an early member of the Data Science and Analytics team supporting Claude Code, you will shape the future of AI-powered developer tools. Claude Code is Anthropic's command line tool that enables developers to delegate coding tasks directly to Claude. You will be embedded with the Claude Code product team to drive data-informed decision making, measure developer interactions with AI coding assistants, and establish data foundations for a rapidly growing product.

Responsibilities

• Analyze how developers use Claude Code across programming languages, project types, and workflows to produce insights that inform product strategy and feature development.
• Design and implement metrics to quantify Claude Code's effects on developer productivity, code quality, and development velocity across use cases and skill levels.
• Analyze patterns in human–AI collaboration within coding workflows and identify opportunities to improve handoffs between developers and Claude.
• Develop hypotheses for product changes, design controlled experiments with developer users, and analyze results to guide feature prioritization.
• Identify friction points in the Claude Code user journey and provide data-driven recommendations to improve onboarding, retention, and engagement.
• Build measurement frameworks to understand CLI adoption, feature utilization, and user segmentation across developer personas and organizations.
• Partner with engineering to build experimentation capabilities tailored to developer tools, accounting for challenges in measuring productivity and satisfaction in coding workflows.
• Establish foundational data practices and infrastructure to support rapid iteration and decision-making as Claude Code scales.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data science or analytics roles with a significant focus on product analytics.
• Experience working with developer tools, IDEs, command line interfaces, or other technical products used by software engineers.
• Passion for AI-assisted development and interest in enhancing developer productivity and creativity.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools; comfortable working in command line environments.
• Experience measuring productivity, engagement, and satisfaction metrics for technical users or B2B products.
• Strong instincts for what drives developer adoption and retention of technical tools.
• Bias for action and pragmatism; comfortable making decisions with incomplete information in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and take initiative to create clarity and drive progress on undefined problems.
• Experience turning complex technical usage patterns into clear, actionable insights for product and engineering teams.
• Exceptional written communication skills and the ability to present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong candidates may also have

• Experience with software development workflows and version control systems.
• Background in developer experience research or working with technical communities.
• Familiarity with AI/ML model outputs and analyzing human–AI interaction patterns.
• Experience with terminal-based workflows and developer productivity measurement.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle metrics and engineering productivity frameworks.
• Experience working at developer-focused companies or on products targeting software engineers.
• Knowledge of programming languages and the ability to understand code-related usage patterns.

Logistics

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience required.
• Location & office policy: San Francisco, CA. Location-based hybrid policy — staff are expected to be in an office at least ~25% of the time.
• Visa sponsorship: Anthropic may sponsor visas and retains an immigration lawyer; sponsorship is not guaranteed for every role.
• Compensation: Annual salary range provided separately in the posting.
• Application deadline: None (applications reviewed on a rolling basis).

About Anthropic

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, focused on building steerable, trustworthy AI. The company values collaboration, communication, and high-impact research. Benefits mentioned include competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space for collaboration.