About the role
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform at Anthropic. Build foundational primitives accelerating product development. Own infrastructure for reliable scaling. Scope multi-month projects, drive alignment, make architectural decisions, partner with research to productize AI. Multiple teams: Service Infra, Platform Portability, Platform Intelligence, Connectivity, Billing, Sandboxing, Platform Serving, Agentic Systems, Auth & Identity, Platform Distribution, Platform Safety. Impact platform used by thousands.
Requirements
Minimum 8 years experience as backend/platform engineer building scalable distributed systems. Strong fundamentals in SOA, networking, systems design. Proficient in Python, Go, Rust. Experience with cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure), Kubernetes, multi-cloud networking. Take ownership, navigate ambiguity. Product-focused approach, care about robust, scalable systems. Bachelor's degree required. Preference for NY, SEA, SF or Bay Area.
About the company
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company developing advanced AI systems like Claude. Their value proposition lies in building beneficial AI for humanity by prioritizing safety and ethical considerations throughout their research and product development.
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