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Staff Software Engineer: Compute

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

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build core systems tracking datacenter lifecycle from sites to construction.
  • Build Claude-powered tools to scale frontier AI datacenter infrastructure.
  • Embed with operators sourcing sites, designing buildings, managing construction.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

High-agency, user-centric builder who loves embedding with operators in physical-world industries and turning messy workflows into trusted systems that bring compute online sooner.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building software with strong full-stack skills
  • Solid grounding in data modeling, APIs, and databases
  • Built software relied on by physical-world industries like datacenters, construction, energy or logistics
  • Track record of zero-to-one work in startup or startup-like environments
  • Deeply user-centric, learns domain from operators and validates before over-investing
  • High agency with clear communication across engineering, operations, and research

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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