Staff+ Software Engineer, Caching

Highlights

• Build Anthropic's cache layer as a managed service from the ground up.
• Own systems keeping Anthropic's hottest paths fast and correct.
• Set technical direction for caching across Product and Research.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

A senior infrastructure leader who thrives owning foundational systems end-to-end and obsesses over latency, correctness and developer experience. You partner closely with product teams to make hard problems invisible.

Requirements

• Significant experience building and operating production distributed systems
• Deep knowledge of caching architectures, invalidation, consistency tradeoffs and failure modes
• Experience operating Redis, Memcached or similar in-memory stores in production
• Proficiency in Go, Rust, Java, C++ or Python at scale
• Track record leading large, complex infrastructure projects
• Ability to balance moving quickly with production reliability needs
• Strong technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills