Staff+ Software Engineer (Research Systems Engineering)

• Anthropic’s Infrastructure organization builds and operates the distributed systems that train, serve, and secure our AI models. Every other team at Anthropic depends on these systems
• In this role, you’ll work directly with our Research teams to build the reliable, scalable, performant infrastructure our research depends on
• This is a cross-functional systems team: you’ll scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects and resolve the performance and scalability bottlenecks that limit how fast we can grow
• Independently scope and lead complex, multi-month infrastructure projects, from an ambiguous starting point through to a production system
• Build deep partnerships with researchers and Research teams to understand their needs and deliver for them
• Mentor other engineers and help raise the technical bar for the team
• Build alignment on technical direction across multiple teams, working through ambiguous problem spaces
• Take ownership of the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems you build as usage and complexity grow
• Lead the improvement of operational processes across Infrastructure, such as incident response, postmortems, and on-call rotations, so the team learns from every incident

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
• 22 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible paid time off and absence policies
• Mental health support for you and your dependents
• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant
• Retirement plans with competitive matching
• Life and income protection plans
• $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend
• Commuter benefits
• Annual education stipend
• Home office stipends
• Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic
• Daily meals and snacks in the office- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure in production
• Experience independently scoping and delivering complex, ambiguous, multi-month technical projects
• Prior experience as a technical lead or mentor for other engineers
• Experience making architectural decisions that other engineers and teams build on top of
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Rust, Go, Java)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience building alignment across multiple teams or stakeholders
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, AWS, GCP)
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren’t able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices
• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, not including internships
• Low-level systems experience (e.g., Linux kernel tuning, eBPF)
• Experience with machine learning infrastructure (e.g., GPUs, TPUs, Trainium) and associated networking infrastructure (e.g., NCCL)
• Experience applying security or privacy engineering best practices