Hardware Systems Architect
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA
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Frontier labonsitesenior$320k–$485k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own system architecture for frontier AI compute from boards to datacenter.
- Define scale-up and scale-out fabrics for next-generation training platforms.
- Drive rack-level power and thermal architecture for liquid-cooled systems.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Ideal candidate
Senior hardware systems leader who owns ambiguous, cross-domain architecture decisions end to end and thrives partnering with vendors and ML teams to shape reliable, large-scale AI compute.
Requirements
- Deep, hands-on expertise in at least one core hardware-systems domain for large-scale compute
- Experience owning hardware system architecture at scale and authoring specifications
- Experience taking hardware from architecture through bring-up to high-volume production
- Experience working with external hardware vendors and reviewing designs to spec
- Ability to reason about trade-offs across adjacent hardware domains
- Track record of technical leadership owning directional decisions
- Comfort operating with high autonomy in fast-moving ambiguous environment
- Strong written communication for specs and reviews
- remote policy
- Hybrid - in office at least 25% of the time, some roles may require more
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available but not guaranteed for every role and candidate
Lab profile
About Anthropic
AI safety company building reliable, interpretable and steerable frontier AI systems.
What they build
- Claude
- Claude API
- Claude Code
Known for
- AI safety and alignment
- Model interpretability research
- Frontier LLM development
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Backed by Amazon and Google