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Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)

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

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Frontier labonsitestaff$320k–$485k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build distributed systems that train, serve and secure frontier AI models.
  • Lead multi-month infrastructure projects from ambiguity to production.
  • Set technical strategy shaping foundations other teams build on.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

A seasoned infrastructure leader who thrives in ambiguity and owns large-scale systems end-to-end. You enjoy aligning teams, mentoring engineers, and building reliable foundations for research and product.

Requirements

  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production
  • Track record of independently scoping and delivering complex, ambiguous, multi-month technical projects
  • Experience making architectural decisions that other engineers and teams build on
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language
  • Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code on AWS and/or GCP
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience driving alignment across teams
remote policy
Hybrid - at least 25% time in one of our offices
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship available with reasonable effort, subject to role and candidate
hiring process
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis; team placement happens after the interview process

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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