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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
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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
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