Security Engineer, Offensive Security
Anthropic · Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA
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Frontier labremotesenior$300k–$320k
At a glance
Highlights
- Simulate advanced threat actors in red and purple team engagements.
- Penetration test high-value deployments across infrastructure.
- Turn attack findings into actionable insights for security roadmaps.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Lovely office space to collaborate with colleagues
Ideal candidate
Collaborative red-team operator who thinks like an advanced adversary and partners closely with defenders. Driven by AI safety and turning creative attacks into clear, actionable risk insights.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations
- Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux Security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
- Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively
- Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments
- Strong engineering skills (Python, Go, or similar)
- Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes
- Collaborative approach, working in close collaboration with the blue team
- remote policy
- Hybrid - at least 25% time in one of our offices
- visa sponsorship
- We sponsor visas but cannot successfully sponsor 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