Anthropic · 2 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$300K/yr - $405K/yr
6+ years expAnthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Infrastructure to support the development, scaling, and maintenance of cutting-edge AI systems, contributing to their mission of building safe and beneficial AI technologies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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
Qualification
Required
6+ years of relevant industry experience
1+ year 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
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Preferred
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
Benefits
Competitive compensation and benefits
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave
Flexible working hours
Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
Company
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research company that focuses on the safety and alignment of AI systems with human values.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.74BKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersGoogleAmazon
2025-09-02Series F· $13B
2025-05-16Debt Financing· $2.5B
2025-03-03Series E· $3.5B
Leadership Team
Dario Amodei
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Amodei
President and co-founder
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