Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)
Anthropic · London, UK
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Frontier labonsitestaff$430k–$516k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build and operate distributed systems that train and serve AI models.
- Scope and lead complex infrastructure projects from ambiguity to production.
- Shape architecture and strategy that other engineering teams build on.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Ideal candidate
Seasoned infrastructure leader who thrives in ambiguity and owns large-scale systems end-to-end. You enjoy setting technical direction, aligning teams, and mentoring engineers to raise the bar on reliability.
Requirements
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production
- History 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 - expected in office at least 25% of the time, some roles may require more
- visa sponsorship
- We sponsor visas where possible, but unable to sponsor every role and every candidate
- hiring process
- Team placement happens after the interview process based on interests, experience and organizational needs
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