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{
  "answers": [
    {
      "question": "Are you open to working in-person in one of our offices 25% of the time?",
      "answer": "Yes \u2014 I am based in the Bay Area (Oakland, CA) and am fully comfortable with a 25% in-office commitment at Anthropic's San Francisco headquarters."
    },
    {
      "question": "AI Policy for Application",
      "answer": "Yes \u2014 I have reviewed Anthropic's AI usage policy for the application process and confirm my application complies with it."
    },
    {
      "question": "Why Anthropic?",
      "answer": "Anthropic's acquisition of Stainless and the broader developer platform investment signal that Claude Code is being positioned as a serious, long-term developer ecosystem \u2014 not just a feature. That is exactly the kind of 0-to-1 platform work I have done: at Intuit I built the ICE Self-Service DevPortal and SDK Starter Kits that reduced developer onboarding from weeks to minutes, scaled to 675M+ engagements at 50K TPS, and required the same cross-functional coordination between engineering, research, and go-to-market that this role demands. My RL post-training workbench \u2014 which benchmarks GRPO, DPO, PPO, and nine other algorithms across TRL, VeRL, OpenRLHF, and NeMo RL \u2014 gives me direct, hands-on familiarity with the model capabilities Claude Code is built on top of, and my NeurIPS publication gives me a shared technical language with Anthropic's research team. Beyond the technical fit, I care about the mission: I built aeval specifically to stress-test model safety and factuality, and I have taught cloud computing and data analytics at De Anza College because I believe access to these tools matters. The combination of frontier model capability, a trust-first monetization model, and a genuine commitment to beneficial AI is what makes Anthropic the right place to do this work."
    },
    {
      "question": "Do you require visa sponsorship? ",
      "answer": "No \u2014 I am a U.S. citizen and do not require visa sponsorship."
    },
    {
      "question": "Will you now or will you in the future require employment visa sponsorship to work in the country in which the job you're applying for is located? ",
      "answer": "No \u2014 I am a U.S. citizen and will not require employment visa sponsorship now or in the future."
    },
    {
      "question": "Additional Information",
      "answer": "A few additional items that may be relevant: I have been an adjunct faculty member at De Anza College since 2018, teaching Java, cloud computing (AWS/GCP), data analytics, and ethical hacking \u2014 which reflects a long-standing commitment to developer education that maps directly to Claude Code's ecosystem-building mission. My RL Workbench, aeval, and BRAIN projects are documented in public write-ups and are available for review. I also hold an FAA Commercial Drone License and Private Pilot License, and I have forthcoming O'Reilly publications on data analytics and cloud project management expected Summer 2026."
    },
    {
      "question": "Are you open to relocation for this role? ",
      "answer": "Yes \u2014 I am currently based in Oakland, CA, which is already in the Bay Area, so no relocation would be required, but I am open to it if needed."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the address from which you plan on working? If you would need to relocate, please type \"relocating\".",
      "answer": "Oakland, CA"
    },
    {
      "question": "Have you ever interviewed at Anthropic before?",
      "answer": "No \u2014 I have not previously interviewed at Anthropic."
    }
  ],
  "skipped": [
    "First Name",
    "Last Name",
    "Email",
    "Phone",
    "Resume/CV",
    "Website",
    "LinkedIn Profile",
    "(Optional) Personal Preferences",
    "When is the earliest you would want to start working with us?",
    "Do you have any deadlines or timeline considerations we should be aware of?"
  ]
}