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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