Full-Time

Sr. Software Engineer

Infrastructure

Updated on 1/30/2025

Anthropic

Anthropic

1,001-5,000 employees

AI research and development for reliable systems

Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$300k - $320kAnnually

Senior, Expert

H1B Sponsorship Available

Seattle, WA, USA + 2 more

More locations: San Francisco, CA, USA | New York, NY, USA

Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Rust
Python
Java
AWS
Go
Google Cloud Platform

You match the following Anthropic's candidate preferences

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience
  • 3+ years leading large scale, complex projects or teams as an engineer or tech lead
  • Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Rust, Go, Java)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
  • Excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders, both internally and externally
  • Deep knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, AWS, and GCP
Responsibilities
  • Lead build out of industry-leading AI clusters (thousands to hundreds of thousands of machines), partnering closely with cloud service providers on cluster build out and required features
  • Consult with different stakeholders to deeply understand infrastructure, data and compute needs, identifying potential solutions to support frontier research and product development
  • Set technical strategy and oversee development of high scale, reliable infrastructure systems
  • Mentor top technical talent
  • Design processes (e.g. postmortem review, incident response, on-call rotations) that help the team operate effectively and never fail the same way twice
Desired Qualifications
  • Have security and privacy best practice expertise
  • Experience with machine learning infrastructure like GPUs, TPUs, or Trainium, as well as supporting networking infrastructure like NCCL
  • Low level systems experience, for example linux kernel tuning and eBPF
  • Technical expertise: Quickly understanding systems design tradeoffs, keeping track of rapidly evolving software systems

Anthropic focuses on creating reliable and interpretable AI systems. Its main product, Claude, serves as an AI assistant that can perform a variety of tasks for clients across different industries. Claude utilizes advanced techniques in natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and code generation to provide effective solutions. What sets Anthropic apart from its competitors is its emphasis on making AI systems that are not only powerful but also understandable and controllable by users. The company's goal is to enhance operational efficiency and improve decision-making for its clients through the deployment and licensing of its AI technologies, as well as offering specialized research and development services.

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$12.5B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

13%

1 year growth

17%

2 year growth

12%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Constitutional classifiers block 95% of jailbreaks, enhancing AI security.
  • Partnership with Thomson Reuters boosts trust in AI for legal and tax sectors.
  • CEO Dario Amodei reassures investors about competition from DeepSeek.

What critics are saying

  • DeepSeek's low-cost models threaten Anthropic's market position.
  • Mistral AI's cheaper models challenge Anthropic's proprietary offerings.
  • Trump's rollback of AI rules may increase unregulated AI competition.

What makes Anthropic unique

  • Anthropic focuses on AI safety, setting it apart from many competitors.
  • Claude AI assistant is designed for tasks of any size, enhancing versatility.
  • Partnerships with Thomson Reuters show Anthropic's strength in specialized markets.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Parental Leave

Hybrid Work Options

Company Equity