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Performance Engineer, GPU

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA

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Frontier labonsite$280k–$850k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Architect foundational systems that power Claude and push model frontiers.
  • Maximize GPU utilization across thousands of GPUs in perfect synchronization.
  • Build performance models to predict and optimize large-scale GPU efficiency.

What they offer

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours

Ideal candidate

Impact-driven systems thinker who thrives in ambiguity and loves collaborative problem-solving. Passionate about measurable performance breakthroughs for frontier models and the societal impact of safe AI.

Requirements

  • Deep experience with GPU programming and optimization at scale
  • Ability to navigate complex systems from hardware interfaces to high-level ML frameworks
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
  • Field relevant to the role demonstrated through coursework, training or experience
remote policy
In office at least 25% of the time in one of our offices
visa sponsorship
We sponsor visas but cannot successfully sponsor every role and candidate
hiring process
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis with no deadline

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
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